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).
List of machine tools requested for a shop layout for experimental reasons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\2\ img008 | |
| Date | 19th January 1940 | |
| M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} (Glasgow) Sft{Mr Swift}/JWG.5/IMC.19.1.40. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} is requesting a number of Machine Tools for the layout out of a shop for various experimental reasons. The majority of these would have to be transferred from the Glasgow Plant schedule owing to present-day deliveries, and for your information I am detailing a list of the whole of the tools requested up to date. Qty. Size or Type. Description. Supplier. 1 2 MH.{M. Huckerby} Plain MILLING MACHINES. Cincin. Universal (Vertical attachments) Churchill. 1 No. 2. Cincin. (Medium) Churchill. 1 12 x 48 GRINDING MACHINES. Cincin. Universal (Second Hand) E.H.Jones Smart & Brown. 1 6 x 30 Norton Plain Grinder Alfred Herbert 1 No. 2.A. CAPSTAN Capstan Ward. 2 No. 7. Ward Combination. Ward Combination Turret Ward 1 B. CENTRE LATHE. 8 1/2" Cen. x 96" Straight bed. 9 speed head stock Swift. 12" Centre. Alfred Herbert. 1 3'6" RADIAL DRILL. Archdale light type Sensitive Radial Drilling Tapping. Jas. Archdale. 1 fig. 598A/12 1/2 1 IN DRILL. Jones & Shipman Single Spindle Super H.S. Sensitive. Jones & Shipman Ltd. | ||