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 unsuitability of a new Brazilian Walnut veneer due to cracking failures during testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\1\ Scan142 | |
| Date | 6th February 1959 | |
| To: Rns. c: Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} FS.{F. Steele} Gnr. JPB. FS{F. Steele}/Crl.{C. R. Lisson} FS{F. Steele}/BJW. 19/JO. 6.2.59. Proposed New Brazilian Walnut Veneer. Further to FS{F. Steele}/BJW. 19/PJS. 21.1.59 and FS{F. Steele}/Crl.{C. R. Lisson} 4/VR.{E. S. Voller - Orders} 22.1.59 concerning the above. The samples of seven-plywood veneered with the Brazilian Walnut by FS{F. Steele}/Crl{C. R. Lisson} and submitted to the Paint Laboratory for testing, have shown the same type of cracking failures after application of our normal woodfinishing system, as the car set which he had similarly veneered. The cracking appeared before the samples were subjected to any weathering tests, and consequently this batch of veneer cannot be considered suitable for Production use. BJW FS{F. Steele}/BJW. | ||