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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. jswan@optonline.net |
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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 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) |