Mercer Locomotive

Dave Sclavi wrote on Chaski.org, October 2014:


 * The Sunbeam head light was Mercer's first product. I first advertised it in 1981 in Live Steam Magazine. The first day it was in I received a call from Lew Soibelman of the Los Angeles Live Steamers. He said that a group of members were making a few Baldwin electrics and he wanted to order a few finished lights. I made 52 finished light. That order alone encouraged me to make more products and Mercer Locomotive was on the way.

Casting

 * "The First Castings"
 * "Cylinder Pattern Part 1"
 * "Making the Cylinder Heads"
 * "Making a Cylinder Pattern Part 3"
 * "More on the Cylinder Pattern"
 * "More On The Cylinder Pattern (finishing up)"
 * "Core Making"
 * "Setting Up A Foundry For Investment Casting Part 4"
 * "Making Lost Wax Castings Part 5"
 * "Making Investment Castings Part 6"
 * "Lost Wax Casting Part 7a"
 * "Building A Crucible Furnace Part 1"
 * "Building a Crucible Furnace Part 2"
 * "Building a Crucible Furnace Part 3"
 * "Spin Casting"
 * "Making a Driver Pattern Part 1"
 * "Making a Driver Pattern Part 2"
 * "Making a Driver Pattern Part 3"
 * "Making a Driver Pattern Part 4"
 * "Making a Driver Pattern Part 5"
 * "Making Lost Wax Models for Castings"
 * "Wheel Pattern Part 1"
 * "Wheel Pattern Part 2"

Shop Practice

 * "Soft Soldering"
 * "How the Injector Starter Valve Works"
 * "Using the Super Spacer to Cut a Hex"
 * "Making an Oil Can for 'Tubalcain' Part 1"
 * "Making an Oil Can for 'Tubalcain' Part 2"
 * "Making an Oil Can for 'Tubalcain' Part 3"
 * "Powder Coating"
 * "Punching the Slot"
 * "Punching Springs"
 * "Locomotive Leaf Springs"
 * "Punching Springs Part 1"
 * "Punching Springs Part 2"
 * "Making Rubber Molds"
 * "Laser Cutting"
 * "Plasma Cutting with John Buckwalter"
 * "How to Use a Tapping Head"
 * "Using the Index Head"
 * "How CLECOs Work Part 1"
 * "How CLECOs Work Part 2"

Machinery

 * "The Hardinge DSMA Automatic Screw Machine"
 * "Threading with the Hardinge Lathe Close Up"
 * "Threading on the Hardinge Lathe with Trainman"
 * "No CNC For Me. I Would Rather Do It The Hard Way."
 * "DSMA in Action"
 * "Hardinge DSMA Making Parts"
 * "More DSMA Action"
 * "Hardinge DSMA More Action"
 * "Somemore DSMA Action"
 * "From CNC to Manual Running a Hardinge Chucker"


 * "EMCO Maier Lathe Converted to Run With Mach 3"
 * "A Review of the Grizzly G0704 Milling Machine"


 * "John A Roebling & Sons Part 2"


 * "Rebuilding a Bridgeport Mill Part 1
 * "Retro Fitting a Bridgeport Mill with a One Shot Lube"
 * "Retro Fitting a Bridgeport Mill with a Power Feed"
 * "Retro Fitting a Bridgeport Mill with a Power Feed Part 2A"
 * "Retro Fitting a Bridgeport Mill with a Power Feed Part 2B"


 * "Machinging and Using the Soft Jaws"


 * "Running the Lathe Part 2"


 * "Burgmaster Madness"
 * "Machine Work Using the Rotary Table"
 * "Machining with the Rotary Table Part 1"
 * "Machining with the Rotary Table Part 2"
 * "Using the K & T Mill"

Mercer Locomotive

 * "Mercer Product Review Part 1"
 * "Mercer Locomotive Shop Tour Part 1"
 * "Mercer Locomotive Shop Tour Part 2"
 * "Shop Progress 2011"

Passenger Cars

 * "Setting Up the New Cars"
 * "RPO Baggage With Air Compressor"
 * "Passenger Car Roofs"
 * "Cutting Window Panels for the Cars"
 * "Cutting Windows Part 1 and 2"
 * "Cutting Windows Part 3"
 * "Gluing In Window Glass"
 * "The Art of Diaphram Folding"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 4"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 5"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 6"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 7"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 8 (Fiberglassing the Bottom)"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 9"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 10"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 11"
 * "Passenger Cars Part 12"
 * "Irveting as Easy As ABC"

Boilers

 * "A Look at the New Boiler"
 * "Firing Up the New Boiler"
 * "Bullhead Tee Test"
 * "Safety Valve Test Part 1"
 * "Safety Valve Test Part 2"
 * "Setting Safety Valves on Steam"
 * "Safety Valves for Sale"
 * "Checking the New Safety Valves on Steam"
 * "Testing the Improvements on the New Safety Valves"
 * "Build and Testing My New Safety Valves"
 * "Valve Testing"
 * "Making a Set of Grates"
 * "Throttles"

Blast Nozzle

 * "The Blast Nozzle Myth"
 * "The Mystery of the Blast Nozzle Part 1"
 * "The Mystery of the Blast Nozzle Part 1a"
 * "The Mystery of the Blast Nozzle Part 2"

Water Gauge

 * "Installing a New Gauge Glass"
 * "How to Cut Gauge Glass"
 * "Piping the Gauge Properly"

Etching

 * "How to Photo Etch Part 1"
 * "How to Photo Etch Part 2"
 * "How to Photo Etch Part 3"
 * "How to Photo Etch Part 4"
 * "Making a Lima Builders Plate Part 1"
 * "Making a Lima Builders Plate Part 2"
 * "Making a Number Plate Part 1"
 * "Making a Number Plate Part 2"
 * "Etching Brass For Headlight Number Boards"

Lettering

 * "Vinyl Cutting Part 1"
 * "Vinyl Cutting Part 2"
 * "Vinyl Letter Making Part 4"
 * "Making a PRR Logo"
 * "Applying PRR Lettering Part 1"
 * "Applying PRR Lettering Part 2"

K4 1361

 * "Making a New Rod for the 1361 Part 1"
 * "Making a New Rod for the 1361 Part 2"
 * "Making a New Rod for the 1361 Part 3"
 * "Highlights from the 2014 Running Season with K4 1361"
 * "1361 on Display"
 * "Double Headed K4's"
 * "A Look Inside the 1361"
 * "Close Ups of the 1361"
 * "The Test Firing of K4 1361 for 2011"
 * "Loading Up the 1361"
 * "Silver Solder the Branch Pipes and Installing the Throttle"
 * "A Look at K4 1361 Detail"
 * "Lighting Demo on the 1361"
 * "A Demo of the Lightin Setup on the K4"
 * "The Piping on the 1361"

Visiting Shops

 * "A Visit to Dan Willey's Shop"
 * "A Visit to Earl Mueller's Shop"

Train Meets

 * "Berkshire Action"
 * "Club Picnic 2014"
 * "High Balling"
 * "Steaming Up"
 * "Firing up Mercer 0-4-0"
 * "Big Boots and Western Railroad"
 * "The Buckingham Central"
 * "Florida Winder Meets 2012"
 * "Largo 2012"
 * "Stack Talk"
 * "NJLS 50th Anniversary Meet"
 * "Another Fun Day at PLS 2011"
 * "The Last Run Day in 2009"

NYC Hudsons

 * "NYC Hudson 5320 by Don Wood"
 * "5320 Running on the Panella and Pacific RR"
 * "5320 First STeam Up 1997"
 * "Unloading the 2 Inch Hudson"
 * "The 2 Inch Hudson Comes Home"
 * "The Big Hudson 5433"

Misc

 * "A Video for Mr PETE222"
 * "Semaphore and Other Signals"
 * "Semaphores"
 * "Product Review"
 * "Making a Stoker Engine Part 1"
 * "Testing the Car Out on the Railroad"
 * "Testing the Band Brakes"