Dave Sclavi

Dave Sclavi is a long-time live steamer. He is the owner-operator of Mercer Locomotive.

Videos

Live Steam

• "Introduction to Locomotive Construction"
• "Operation of a scale power reverse gear"
• "Weighting a Locomotive"
• "Wheel Turning, Part 1"
• "Wheel Turning, Part 2A"
• "Wheel Turning, Part 2B"
• "Wheel Turning, Part 3"
• "Wheel Turning, Part 4"
• "Wheel Turning, Part 5"

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"

• "Machining 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"