Letter from Jonas Woodhead & Sons Ltd. discussing the modification of four back plates, detailing a change from welding to drilling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\5\ 05-page102 | |
| Date | 8th July 1937 | |
| 646. JONAS WOODHEAD & SONS LTD., KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS, 4. ALLAN O. {Mr Oldham} KYLE, (Chairman & Managing) KENNETH A. {Mr Adams} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} MOORE, F.C.A. THOMAS H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} SANDERS, M.I.MECH.E. JONAS WOODHEAD. TELEGRAMS: FORGE, LEEDS. TELEPHONES: LEEDS { 20814. 20815. YOUR REF.______ OUR REF. THS/BMM H.Leslie Esq., Messrs.Rolls Royce Limited, DERBY. 8th July 1937 Dear Mr.Leslie, With reference to your telephone message to-day I have looked into the Works and found these four back plates had been made. The eyes are certainly now a very much better job, but as you objected to our welding, we have tried to carry out the drilling by some other method. The reason for our welding was simply to make a solid body through which to drill, owing to the hole coming into the Scarf [staff crossed out] of the eye. With any luck I shall be able to send you the two black back plates tomorrow or Monday, and the remainder a day or two afterwards. Yours sincerely, T H Sanders | ||
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).