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 correct procedure for creating shop drawings for non-standard experimental pieces.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\2\ Scan329 | |
| Date | 4th February 1935 | |
| K1775 To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lec. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Eb. C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Stm. C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CFS. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}4/MS4.2.35. RE: SHOP DRAWINGS We wish to draw your attention to the practice of adding pencil notes and altering dimensions on D.O. blueprints in order to have produced non-standard pieces for experimental test purposes. This practice, for which the Test People are chiefly responsible, leads to confusion in the Shop and should be discontinued at once. If it is necessary to produce special pieces then the correct thing to do is to have issued EX or Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} drawings covering the required alterations so that any departure from standard can be recorded for future reference. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | ||