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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).
Issues with a tool for removing detachable rims on Dunlop wire wheels, noting its incorrect shape and soft material.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\7\  B001_X15 20 46 50 59-page083
Date  22th July 1922
  
Mr. Hives from GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}

X15

22.7.22.

TOOL FOR REMOVING DETACHABLE RIMS ON DUNLOP WIRE WHEELS.

This tool is not the required shape to detach the rim - it binds and jams, also it appears to be of too soft a material - the brinnel is 185. This is not the same tool as previously sent to us as a sample.

GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
  
  


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