What does it indicate when a machine has a war board tag?

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What does it mean when a machine has a "war board tag" from WWII?

Does it mean that the machine is somehow inferior in quality or that less stringent standards were followed?

Just curious.

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Nelson
 
If its kept going this long the quality couldn't have been too bad. :)

bollie7
 
Most of the equipment where i work came from government surplus dating back to WWII, that have tags stating that (I forget the exact wording) they are part of the "war reserve" and may be used for defense production in case of war or national emergency.
 
Re: What does it indicate when a machine has a war board tag?

Here is such a tag on a Van Norman mill from 1942.

War_Board.gif
 
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It means to me that it was taken care of 1941 SB
 
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