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Events & Meetings

Pictures of many of these events can be seen on our Photos page.

If you would like to join us, or if you would like to set up a tour or a presentation, please contact Jamie Swan.

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Home: (631) 754-1457
Cell: (516) 238-6782

2005

July 6th - First Meeting - Introductions / Organization

August 17th - Shop Tour - Jamie Swan's Home Shop - Northport

September 21st - Speaker - Gerhard Spielmann - Toolmaker / Machine Shop Owner / Model Engineer

October 19th - Shop Tour - Paul Decker's Home Shop - Ridge

November 16th - Speaker - Dan Semel - ManSon / Master Miniature Lathes

2006

January 18th - Speaker - Tim Croan - Lathe Alignment

February 15th - Tour - Ellis Konkel - BFG Marine - Deer Park

March 15th - Speaker - Harvey Schmit - Horological Lathes

March 19th - Special Event - Scraping Class - Rich Zipper

April 19th - Tour - Marvin Polan's Home - Music Boxes - Melville

May 17th - Speaker - Len Laufer - Heat Treating & Metal Polishing

June 21st - Tour - Lester Orlick / Jim Quinn - S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook Engineering Dept. Machine Shop

July 23rd - Tour - Conrad Milster - Pratt Institute Engine Room - Brooklyn

August 16th - Tour - Tony Vigliotti - American Powercell Battery & Roadtronics Automotive Technologies - Yaphank

September 20th - Speaker - Bob Deroski - L.C. Eichner and the Antikythera Mechanism

October 18th - Tour - Dick Ryder / Bill Lambertson - Brookhaven National Laboratory Central Machine Shops

November 15th - Speaker - Jamie Swan - Bicycle Wheels

November 17th - Field Trip - Mike Piersa / Bill McCarthy - Bethlehem Steel & Lehigh Heavy Forge

December 13th - Tour - Jeff Hung - Farmingdale State College - Mechanical Engineering Technology Department

2007

January 17th - Speaker - Paul Decker - Powder Coating Demonstration

February 15th - Tour - Bruce Howe - US FIRST Robotics - Sachem High School - Ronkonkoma

March 21st - Speaker - Tim Croan & Bob Burkhard - Lathe Chucks & Collets

April 21th - Tour - Donald Hoak - L.I Chapter #594 - Experimental Aircraft Assn. - Wright Flyer Reproduction

May 16th - Speaker - Dan Semel - The Evolution of Revolution Counters

June 20th - Tour - Ellis Konkel - CNC Demo - BFG Marine - Deer Park

July 18th - Speaker - Joe Polashock - "My Life as a Millwright"

August 4th - Tour - John Mehrling - Long Island Live Steamers - Rail Fan Club Day Picnic - Brookhaven

September 19th - Speaker - George Hart - Sculpture & Mathmatics

October 20th - Tour - Tom Ryan - Koenig Iron Works - Blacksmith Shop & Foundry - L.I. City

November 19th - Speaker - Jamie Swan - Building Traditional Steel Bicycle Frames

2008

January 16th - Speaker - David Greer - Travers Tool - Carbide Inserts

February 20th - Tour - Webb Institute - Prof. Neil Gallagher

March 30th - Metal Working Film Festival - Sunday 10am - 4pm

April 16th - Tour - Arkwin Industries - Precision Hydraulics - Bill Hermanek

May 21st - Club Consignment Auction - Brookhaven Ecology Center - Holtsville

June 25th - Tour - Mid-Island Electrical - 80/20 T-Slotted Aluminum Extrusions - Robert Benkov

July 16th - Speaker - Boris Vojvodich - Repair and Restoration of Mechanical Clocks

August 2nd - Tour - Long Island Live Steamers - Rail Fan Club Day - Brookhaven - John Mehrling

September 10th - Speaker (at SUNY Stony Brook) - Jim Quinn - Metals and Grain Sizing in the Microscope

October 15th - Tour - Weiss Instruments - Pressure and Temperature Measuring Instruments - John Weiss

November 19th - Speaker(s) - Library Night - Club Members talk about their Favorite Book(s)

2009

January 21th - Speaker - Steve Widom - Widom Associates - AutoCAD Inventor

February 19th - Tour - Suffolk Community College - Manufacturing Training Facilities - Karl Spielmann

March 18th - Speaker - Boris Vojvodich - Schaublin Lathes

April 19th - Tour - Brooklyn Navy Yard

May 20th - Speaker - Steve Mercurio - CADD Edge, Inc. - SolidWorks

June 17th - Tour - Sulzer Metco - Thermal Spray

July 15th - Tour (instead of a speaker) - Master Machinist / Model Maker - George Luhrs' Machine Shop

August 1st - Tour - Long Island Live Steamers - Rail Fan Club Day - John Mehrling

September 16th - Club Auction - Bill Hermanek

October 21st - Tour - Power Plant

November 18th - Speakers - Library Night - Club members talk about their favorite books

2010

January 20th - Speaker - Dan Semel - William Sellers, Forgotten Hero of America's Industrial Revolution.

February 17th - Tour - Min-Max Machine - Randy Neubauer

March 17th - Speaker - Cliff Spence - Tek-Set International Polymers

April 21st - Tour - Pre-War BMW Motorcycle Museum - Peter Nettesheim

May 26th - Speaker - Gary Elgort - NYC Steam Disasters - @ Webb Institute

June 16th - Tour - Hand-Made Armor - Jeff Wasson

July 21st - Speaker - Lee Munson - The Mortimer Gun Makers

August (July 31st) - Tour - Long Island Live Steamers - Rail Fan Club Day - John Mehrling

September 15th - Club Auction - Bill Hermanek

October 13th - Tour - Fluid Metering Inc - Chris Hulsen

November 17th - Speakers - Library Night - Club members talk about their favorite books

2011

March 19th - Tour - O.R.Young & Son - Antique Machine Shop - Riverhead - Peter Danowski / Lester Orlick

September 24th - Combination - Tour of Webb Institute (1:00) and John L. Busch Speaking about his book "Steam Coffin"(2:30)