It's not a super common cabinet but I also think people dont post about them when the find them because of brand recognition. I can however, tell you this cabinet is made by Waterloo who also made a very similar roller for Sears.
In a way, it is very common. Waterloo made these cabinets for New Britain, S-K, Proto, Master Mechanics, NAPA, and other house brands. The only difference was the name plate. I’ve had some maybe twenty years ago or so. I didn’t really like them.
I’ve not seen that style with the adjustable part, but the valves had either a slot or small indentations and those protrusions would fit in the valve head so you could lap the valve. Probably before 1940.I found what I think may be a New Britain valve rotating tool at a sale today. It’s unmarked but the knurling looks early NB to me. Opinions?
-Don
Thanks for the info. It has an odd way of locking & unlocking the drawers. The only way to open the drawers is to open the bottom door which releases the drawers. Then close the bottom door to lock the drawers. Way different than any of my other tool cabinets.
I took the keyswitch to a locksmith today to get a set of keys made. I've had them make keys for me before on other toolboxes with no issue. When they looked at this keyswitch it baffled 2 of their employees & this is a locksmith that's been around for 80+ yrs in Cincinnati. You know, the ones that have a million keys hanging on pegs behind the main counter. I wasn't expecting that. I usually wait 10 minutes & leave with keys. So, they are currently studying this keyswitch to figure out how to make keys for it. Everything about this cabinet seems different.
Picked this up at the antique store today. Looks like it was probably an earlier design but not sure. 1/2x9/16 double open end. NDF18 model number.
Here is a 1/2 extension I believe it’s 6 inch. NS24 is the model number on it. Got this from a coworker on Friday who brought in a bucket of tools for me to look through. I haven’t had any luck finding New Britain lately so two new additions this weekend is nice.Lugz, I stumbled onto this NB hammer-head (sans handle). It's an H-48-1, and in surprisingly good shape. At first I thought it was a "40" but it's definitely a 48. It's 6" long.
Holy smackerel! A 3-lber!
Good evening. Looks like you found the 1938 #1219. I have the #1119 which has the deeper machinist 1/2" drive sockets. My set is completely missing the 1/4" drive upper part sockets. Any way you could take a picture with your 1/4 sockets out of the metal case? Most specifically the 1-4 socket. Thanks also for including the pic of the knurled socket as the No 38 catalog doesn't show what that looks like.On the hunt this morning, dodging the SoCal rain, this caught my eye. All the pieces are marked made in USA. Turns out it’s a mostly complete New Britain set including the infamous knurled socket.
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Yes, your link is to the first ever NB ratchet. I mentioned the previous ones before mine were hex. I wasn't very clear
Mine, I'm guessing, is the first square drive (non-hex) ratchet & socket set by NB.This may be a stupid reply but did you check the ITCL?
I searched NB no. 522 socket set on ITCL & there was nothing. I might have to try & look through old NB catalogs to see if I can find the no. 522 set. But so far, not finding anything. Not even on Google Books.
You can't open a Snippet view yourself, but you can request that it be unlocked. I have posted the steps before. I should probably put them in the Sticky. Click here.
^ This.
Thanks Lugz. I'll give that a shot
Interesting and good to know!
Thanks Don. Your right. These sockets look just like the larger Indestro sockets I see on AA. Unless I'm missing it, they don't show any 1/4" sets though.
I have a 1/2" Wards (Indestro) ratchet. I've just never really been interested in 1/4" so I don't know what a lot of my 1/4" stuff is
I didn't realize this entire set is Cadmium plated
