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How to Get a Key Made for the NCR Model 100 Cash Register

The National Cash Register (NCR) Model 100 cash register was produced from the late 1890's until 1904. Unfortunately, NCR does not carry parts for its antique models. Fortunately, clearing houses and collectors clubs do have antique parts, including keys. You may have to be persistent and patient, or even ask a machinist to produce a key for you from a plan. Collector clubs also can help you get your register working even without a key.

Instructions

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  Call the Hickory Bend Antiques and Collectibles (HBAC) Group. It started business in 1990 and quickly evolved into a specialty house only working with antique cash registers. It has become one of the largest sources for antique register information and parts in the world. Have your cash register serial number available, if possible, when you call.
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  Contact the Cash Register Collectors Club. It offers a wealth of information on how to date your register, how to get parts and how to operate a register for which you do not have original parts.
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  Check with the Montgomery County Historical Society. It is located in Dayton, Ohio, where NCR was founded. It maintains an archive devoted to NCR history.
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  Take a good drawing of the key, which you can obtain from the NCR archives at the Montgomery County Historical Society, to a precision metal shop. Bring the cash register with you also. With both, a skilled machinist should be able to make a new key for you.

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