They're a good read, unless you already know a thing or two and then you can spot the errors and misconceptions in those too. There's a group on Facebook that has links to some long articles someone wrote about Japanese machines and the manufacturers. I've always used Bill Holmans list as a guide and even it has many unknown manufacturers. There was no oversight on that group and anybody could, and did, add #s however they wanted to the list and consequently, it's full of errors. ![]() ![]() I stopped looking at JC #s when I stopped looking at the JA-JC list on the Vintage Japanese Yahoo group. View Member Profile Send Email Find Member's Topics Find Member's Posts Cari-in-Oly Perhaps "A" means "Assembly" or "Assembler".Ĭomments? If anybody can come up with examples of non-cast JC, or cast JA, I'm all ears - and I know this group is the one to ask! Let's see if we-as-a-team can shoot this one down - perhaps its already been considered sometime. Its my belief at this time, that the "C" means "Casting" or "Caster" - in all the samples I've seen, said number has always been cast in, whereas the JA numbers are always stamped or inked (or even badged). I've been doing some research - and vastly expanding my listing of JA/JC numbers as a consequence - and I have a theory, esp. I know this has been discussed pretty much "everywhere" for decades - and the answer is "Nobody really knows." ![]() View Member Profile Send Email Find Member's Topics Find Member's Posts Zorba
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