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Previous Events & Meetings

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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

December 21st - No Meeting - Date is too close to Christmas

2006

January 18th - Speaker - Tim Croan - Lathe Alignment

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

March 15th - Speaker - Harvey Schmit - Horological Lathes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

October 18th - Shop 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 - Shop Tour - Jeff Hung - Farmingdale State College - Mechanical Engineering Technology Department

2007

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

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

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

April 21th - Shop 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 - Shop Tour - Ellis Konkel - CNC Demo - BFG Marine - Deer Park

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

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

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

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

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