Expressing distress over the poor quality of tools and detailing the required standards for material, machining, and finishing.
| Identifier | Morton\M11\ img030 | |
| Date | 14th May 1917 | |
| To Mr. Chandler from -R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} c. to WOP. c. to EH. c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ORIGINAL X.2402 RE TOOL KIT. 3 R1/B11:5:17. RECEIVED 14 MAY 1917 I am quite in agreement with your memo of April 24th. and am distressed to hear that we cannot manage to send out these simple tools so that they are not a disgrace to us. We ought to be able to send out some really good tools, of correct material, correctly machined, and carefully case-hardened and otherwise heat treated. They should be nicely finished by sand-blasting, blacked by heat or otherwise reducing the risk of rusting. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).