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).
The required quality and finish for tools in a tool kit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M11\ img030 | |
| Date | 14th May 1917 | |
| To Mr. Chandler from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c.c. to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} c.c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c.c. to F.{Mr Friese} c.c. to EH. c.c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c.c. to Oy. ORIGINAL X.2402 RE TOOL KIT. 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} RECEIVED D 3 | ||