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Why yes, there is a way to find the weight without a scale. Do you see the 112 on the side under the Trenton logo? That is the weight in pounds. If you stay around IFI for awhile, nobody will remember you live in Vegas, so please put your location in your profile.

Nice Trenton. It is a first year of US manufacture (1898) by S/N. The forged base with flats on the feet was replaced by a cast steel base very soon afterwards. Please fill in your location in your profile, so we know where to come to anvil-nap your Trenton...

Makes a lot of sense to stay with the color you are already heavily invested in. I have had various of the colors at one time or another, the problem is when a company came out with a "New" higher voltage set, the batteries for the old set disappeared or got real pricey. (pre internet days for me). So I hopped on the higher voltage stuff when it went on sale at Lowes or H.D. 7.2 Ohio Forge drill, little drill had torque; 9.6 Makita drill and trim saw, both were fantastic in their day with the batteries available; 12v DeWalt drill, circ saw, and screw gun, not a bad drill, circ saw was a little weak; 14.4 Makita drill, 1/4 impact driver, good tools and I still have them; 18v Porter Cable drill and 1/4 impact driver. OK set; 20v P.C. hammer drill and sawzall, meh drill, OK sawzall. P.C. used to be a very high quality tool, but I think they started the dive to economy pricing... I wanted a 1/2 inch batt powered impact, Milwaukee seemed to be a better choice in reviews than PC. So I started buying 18v red tools and got rid of a mis-mash of 18 and 20v PC tools that I wasn't really impressed with. I kept an old Makita 14.4 set that would out drill and drive the 20v PC. Milwaukee seems to really be pushing the 18v tools and have a huge line of tools, so I believe they will keep supporting them for a long time. I kept 2 battery systems, but 2 sets is better than 4, and a second good cordless drill and impact driver is always handy. Lots of babble to say stay with what you have the batteries for !

Twigg, thank you for the response, the info you are providing is very helpful to me. I keep looking, eventually I hope I will find something.

So the cardiologist called and we spoke a bit, He wants to implant a 2 chamber pace maker that is a passive monitor unless needed then ZZAAAAPP. I asked about welding with it, and he was sure it would be fine. I should have asked about adding an auxiliary lead/ welding stinger directly to the implant, that way it would know I was welding or chain sawing and not freak out. I think it could be a great upgrade in the pacemaker world. He said they will download the pacemaker every night and look at what it records. Interesting... He did give the manufacturer he was planning on implanting, so I can do some looking at their precautions. Frosty and Thomas, I hope hacking pacemakers isn't a thing.

Twigg, Looks like a pretty nice set up, I have been looking for a decent small lathe. If I may, what was the total cost? I don't NEED a metal lathe, really I don't, but I am pretty sure I think I want one...

I made some lizards. They hang off of flower pots or where ever. I hadn't made any in a few years, so am out of practice, I'll do a few more for inventory.

Irondragon, Thank you for getting back with the welder and amperage info. The info is useful, but disappointing, I have a Miller 211, I was hoping the welder was some monster beast at 3000 amps.... Still trying to get my cardiologist to call me back, I did make it to his right hand minion...I started asking specific questions like the Make and model he wanted to install, and got "UHHHH I'll have the Dr. call you". It is very frustrating to not have any information other than very broad general info. like Deimos posted. I do appreciate all the reply's and fun in this thread. It is making the waiting for specific answers easier. Please keep up the good work !!!

You have a nice anvil. As Das and Irondragon have said DO NOT GRIND it. A wire wheel is as aggressive as you need to go. All the stamped in Salvage and Hare... I believe were later additions. Njanvilman runs the Fisher museum, I believe, and will probably find this thread. He just published a book on Fishers, so he may know a bit more than the average bear... Enjoy it. Glenn types faster than I do!

how's that?

SWEET...If you look on the foot under the horn there should be a S/N which can give you a date.

Arkie, I am never sure how to respond to that, but you are welcome.

I know, I think my 'battle rattle' weighed around 35 pounds, and I didn't have the extra throat, shoulder, or groin guard. Afghanistan, summer, desert, hot. Add rifle, ammo, water, misc junk and I think I put on at least 60 pounds.

Soldiers on the modern battlefield still have armor on the torso, a helmet for the head, safety glasses, and sometimes a groin piece. It is new hi tech wonder fiber stuff, vice a piece of metal . The armor I had in 2006 had a front and rear trauma plate covering the heart, that would stop rifle bullets up to a certain caliber/velocity (7.62X39 maybe). I believe the trauma plates were ceramic. The rest of the vest and helmet was good for pistol calibers and fragments, the glasses were safety glasses, so good for fragments. The arms, legs, and some of the face were not protected, but the vital organs were pretty well covered. Without researching, I would bet most battlefield casualties are from fragments and trauma, vice direct bullet impacts.

Some did not penetrate! But some did? OUCH.

I was in Malta long ago and stumbled on an armor museum. There was everything from early leather thru chain, and into plate suits. A very interesting period was the advent of muskets and firearms, some of the plate suits had big dents from early firearms, some had holes from later firearms, I guess firearm development spelled the end of fairly "light" plate armor. It was a neat museum just for the amount of weapons and armor and the period it spanned. There was also an armor museum in Worcester MA, Lots of really interesting goodies, a suit of armor for a dog, of course horse armor, and all the medieval weapons you need for a zombie apocalypse.

I could get a full set of plate mail and if I spend a bit extra I could be bullet resistant too. A welding minion would take the fun out of it. Like I said I don't weld for a living, but tinker and fix things. I could gas weld some of the things I do, but the metal spitting glue gun is so much simpler and faster. But Thomas, the sharks can't breathe in the air....In KY we have as many sharks as you do in NM, so I may have to move to FL to be close to sharks. I am actually looking at Faraday t shirts right now...$89. It would be worth it if it worked for welding protection. More research to do.

You guys are great! So to weld: I need to find a chain mail shark diving suit, could I just wear a 1/2 inch piece of plate? Off to research...Does the shark suit need to be under water to work? I need to paint my shop in blue and green camouflage, Energy reflecting is actually something I would not have thought about. Save the box and receipt in case I don't like the 'Zap-O-Matic' 1000, and want to try the 'Bladder Emptier' 250 DELUXE... Cannot use a stick welder, well I couldn't use a stick before, so will save my money on lessons, Good savings. I will see what a Faraday t shirt costs and how stylish it is. I cannot be seen in the shop not looking stylish! Still waiting on Dr call back...

Somewhere in the neighborhood of $8.00 a pound? Too steep for my wallet, but if you want a very nice looking early Trenton, well only you can determine if it is worth. Are you planning on using it or 'collecting' it?

Diemos, Thank you for searching, you are awesome. It seems like those are the same precautions I found, so those seem to be a good starting place. Once I know what device the Dr wants to implant I can get more device specific precautions. Paul, Thank you, you are the experience I am looking for. Welding is not my life, but I do enjoy making things and repairing stuff around the farm. A chain saw is a very handy tool on a farm and pretty necessary when you heat with wood, I really don't want to give that up either, but need to figure out precautions to use it safely. As soon as I talk to the Dr. I will be able to ask more informed questions, hopefully to the right people. The pacemaker was a complete surprise, he was ready to pop it in that afternoon. In the past different Dr.s said I didn't need a device, but new Dr. seems to think it is a good idea because he sees something is getting worse.

What Miller has to say: Electric current flowing through any conductor causes localized electric and magnetic fields (EMF). The current from arc welding (and allied pro-cesses including spot welding, gouging, plasma arc cutting, and induction heating operations) creates an EMF field around the welding circuit. EMF fields can interfere with some medical implants, e.g. pace-makers. Protective measures for persons wearing medical implants have to be taken. For example, restrict access for passers−by or con-duct individual risk assessment for welders. All welders should use the following procedures in order to minimize exposure to EMF fields from the welding circuit:1. Keep cables close together by twisting or taping them, or using a cable cover.2. Do not place your body between welding cables. Arrange cables to one side and away from the operator.3. Do not coil or drape cables around your body.4. Keep head and trunk as far away from the equipment in the welding circuit as possible.5. Connect work clamp to work piece as close to the weld as possible.6. Do not work next to, sit or lean on the welding power source.7. Do not weld whilst carrying the welding power source or wire feeder .About Implanted Medical Devices:Implanted Medical Device wearers should consult their doctor and the device manufacturer before performing or going near arc welding, spot welding, gouging, plasma arc cutting, or induction heating operations.If cleared by your doctor, then following the above procedures is recommended. I will try to talk to a real person at Miller, once I find out what the Dr. wants to implant.

I would put fourth that it is a Trenton branded anvil, made in the UK before Trentons were made here. As I recall, the earliest Trentons were made in Germany, then England, and finally in the US. So yes it is a Trenton, but foreign born.

I got the consult your cardiologist; The internet is not a good source. I sincerely thank all of you for your concern. I have a call into the Dr. and welding/chain saw/lg power tool use is on the questions I need to ask list, along with the type/model he wants to implant. This was dropped in my lap yesterday, I have spent a good portion of today trying to find out what I can. I thought I would seek people that actually have a device implanted, so I came to the welding section of a website that usually has some pretty knowledgeable and helpful members. I specifically asked: Anyone on here have a pacemaker and do MIG welding, if so what are your experiences and are you doing anything differently than pre- pacemaker? If nobody with a pacemaker responds, then I guess I have an answer by exception. Irondragon gave a part of a data point, I would ask what model Hobart welder, what amperage was he welding with? I would also ask which pacemaker, but he is not the pacemaker user. Thank you all for the concern.

Thank you Das, It was a HUH, you want to do what, moment. I read what I could find, but it was not much, and not very specific.

I am a very accomplished MIG 'booger' welder, looks like I used boogers to stick the steel together. But I make things and they stay stuck together. My cardiologist dropped a jewel in my lap yesterday, said he wanted to implant a pacemaker. Until yesterday I knew nothing about pacemakers, so off to Google I went...Mayo and Johns Hopkins have some info about welding and pacemakers, but not a whole lot. A few other sites come up with a few comments about amps and twisting leads. On the bright side I can still gas weld...I guess that assumes I could gas weld before the pacemaker... Anyone on here have a pacemaker and do MIG welding, if so what are your experiences and are you doing anything differently than pre- pacemaker?