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Re: R13 serial number mystery

Author: John Peacock
Date: 2020-07-14 17:28

I bought a 1940s "pre-R13" and the lower joint was missing most of the serial number. It had clearly been stamped on early in the life of the joint prior to the creation of the tenon, but placed a bit low, so that most of it was lathed away, leaving just the top half of the number. I wondered if the joint had been shortened at some point, but the tenon showed no sign of this. I'd always assumed that stamping serial numbers would be one of the last steps in manufacturing, but that clearly wasn't universal practice in the 1940s.

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