Requesting the trial fitting of a non-chamfered camwheel on a Wraith B.III unit and other new units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\8\ X 607 Camshaft-page38 | |
| Date | 30th September 1938 | |
| c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 607. To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 4/MH. {M. Huckerby} 30.9.38. WRAITH CAMWHEEL EW.1880. B.III No.1 unit will shortly be returned to the shop for fitting a new camshaft. At the same time will you please fit a camwheel which has not been chamfered on the edge of the teeth as per the attached memo RRC/SB {Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} /GTH {G. T. Houlistan} 1/MC.29.9.38, for trial. Similar camwheels should be fitted to the new units you are producing, W.III No.10, B.III No.6 and 7. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).