Stanley takeover of Titan.
I have or had one of the Stanley plastic versions.
I thought Stanley got involved with Titan just after WW11 to employ returned servicemen in Tassie ?
By about 1963 Stanley took over Turner.
We had a credit squeeze as I remember.
Can you shed more light on Titans history.
They were part of BHP?
The wire mills at Cabarita were owned by BHP were nails etc made there?
More questions than answers just to stir the pot.
H.
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I have or had one of the Stanley plastic versions. Yes. They appear, and probably were, crap! Example of set of three of the chisels you mentioned below.
thought Stanley got involved with Titan just after WW11 to employ returned servicemen in Tassie ? No. BHP did this on their own at a Hobart facility in 1945 that had been engaged in special steel war production. In 1963 Stanley bought 50% of Titan from BHP.
By about 1963 Stanley took over Turner. No. Stanley took over Turner in 1970 as they did for example with Rota Tool Boxes in 1990 and Sidchrome/Dawn in 1991. They stopped making things in Australia in 2001
We had a credit squeeze as I remember. Sometime in the Sixties yes.
Can you shed more light on Titans history. Yes. See "Titan Wood Chisels" an article in the HTPAA "Tool Chest" magazine by Rod Thomas" but main dates (salad days) for the manufacture of Titan chisels were 1945 through to about 1975 under Titan (to 1963), Stanley-Titan (until 1976) and finally Stanley where the 101, 136 and 146 lingered on until the early eighties with yellow/black plastic handles and a Stanley code 16 in front of the number.
They were part of BHP? Stanley-Titan was 50% owned by BHP until Stanley bought the second half in 1976. I have been told they moved the whole show from Tassie to Turner's Nunawading site in the early Seventies.
The wire mills at Cabarita were owned by BHP were nails etc made there? Don't know.
More questions than answers just to stir the pot.
H.
Some of the dates above were gleaned from the above article. I think the article has been reproduced on the forum before.