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Page discussing shaft balancing tolerances and tube thickness specifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 105\2\  scan0124
Date  19th October 1931 guessed
  
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(5) Oakland cars run through within 3/4 oz. inch for balance and have to run smoothly up to 4000 r.p.m.

(6) I did not know the thickness of the P.II shaft, but it scaled 1/8". You will note they recommend a bigger tube of only 14 gauge. This is BWG {J. C. Bowring} or .083 thick.

M.Olley.
  
  
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).


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