Chapter Meetings
The
Chapter is looking for locations to hold meetings and/or
demonstrations for the upcoming season. The meetings are usually
held on a Saturday morning to afternoon. In the past we have had
demos on: water jet cutting, repose with copper, forging of
both steel and aluminum, warehoused items, paints and sealants
as well as on welding techniques for different applications and
metals.
If you have unique talents or know of someone
who has machinery or knowledge that would like to share the
information or availability of services with the group please contact one of
the Chapter Officers or send an e-mail to the webmaster at:
metalman609@optonline.net
. Any ideas or venues that the Chapter might want to follow up on
also would be welcomed.
FYI
IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN STATUS AS A
NORTHEAST CHAPTER MEMBER, A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR FIRM MUST ATTEND ONE MEETING
PER YEAR.
Future Meetings
Last updated:
April 10, 2009.
Tuesday through Saturday, April 21 to 25, 2009
NOMMA national convention
METALfab 2009
Long Beach, California
The
exposition will be a must see event.
A full week of educational programs topped by the FULL EXHIBIT & TRADE SHOW. METALfab
is the traditional 3 day Trade
Show with most of NOMMA suppliers showing their wares. And members from around
the world networking and sharing their ideas.
Saturday, May 2
Chapter Meeting to
be held at DJA Imports, Ltd.
at their new Connecticut facility!
Details are
still being ironed out, so check back soon for further information. [Working
on showing the 2009 Top Job Award Winners on a video presentation.]
Past Meetings
Saturday, April 4
Chapter Meeting was held at Majka Railing Company
125 Mc Bride Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07501
973-247-7606 [fax 973-247-7605]
A Chapter meeting was held with an open invitation
for all current NOMMA or
Chapter Members and any non-members that are metal workers. This meeting will
focus on an old fashioned "Hammer In". This will be a hands on
demonstration on forging steel, bronze and aluminum. Guest blacksmiths were
on hand for their expertise.
Click here to see pictures from the meeting.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Chapter Meeting was held at Spirit Ironworks
736 Montauk Hwy, Bayport, NY 11705 631-419-1185
A Chapter meeting was
held at 10 am with an open invitation to all Chapter Members as well as
towards any interested parties. The hosts Rachel and Timothy Miller are
siblings who both became artisans and blacksmiths and are the owners of Spirit
Ironworks. A blacksmithing demo was conducted and lunch was provided
by Joseph M. Romeo, Sr., President of Industrial Coverage Corporation from
Medford, New York.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Chapter Meeting was held at Artistic Iron Works, LLC
11 Reynolds Street, Norwalk, CT 06855 203-838-9200
[fax 203-852-9002]
Starting off with our
normal business meeting, the attending members voted on next season's
slate of Chapter Officers. CS UNITEC, Inc. Distributors demonstrated
products used in polishing and grinding steel, aluminum and bronze. Check out their
website for more information about Artistic Iron Works, LLC
[artistic-IW.com] or look up CS UNITEC, Inc. at
www.csunitec.com.
Contact Maciej Jankowski by phone or by e-mail [maciej@artistic-IW.com].
Click here to see pictures from meeting.
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Chapter Meeting was
held at Majka Railing Company
125 Mc Bride Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07501
973-247-7606 [fax 973-247-7605]
There was a Chapter Business Meeting
followed by an informative seminar by Dave Filippi, a renowned NOMMA member and computer expert.
Dave demonstrated how to work with CAD programs,
including FAB-CAD to help you improve your business. Meeting started
around 10am with a break for lunch.
Click here to see pictures from meeting
Tuesday through Saturday, April 1 to 6, 2008
NOMMA national convention
METALfab 2008
Memphis, Tennessee
The
exposition was a must see/attend event.
A full week of educational programs topped by the FULL EXHIBIT & TRADE SHOW. METALfab
was the traditional 3 day Trade
Show with most of NOMMA suppliers showing their wares.
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Chapter Board of
Directors Meeting open to all Chapter Members
Nobody's Inn, 150 Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah, NJ 07430
[201-529-2357]
A dinner meeting of our Board of
Directors will be held at 7 pm in Nobody’s Inn with an open
invitation for all Chapter Members to attend. Plans will be discussed
concerning the future events, nominations for the next Chapter Officers, and
our agenda for the 2007 -2008 season.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Chapter Meeting was held at Advanced Cutting Services, LLC
169 East Highland Parkway, Roselle, NJ 07203-2643
[908-241-5332 877-493-7628 fax 908-241-5592
Starting off with our
normal business meeting, the attending members will start designing and
building a glass coffee table to be donated at next year's NEF auction during
METALfab 2007.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Chapter Meeting was held by Fine Architectural Metalsmiths
The meeting will be held at the Center for Metal Arts, P.O. Box 30, Chester, NY 10918
845-651-7550 fax 845-651-7857
info@iceforge.com
Uri Hofi Workshop —
The Northeast Chapter of NOMMA was delighted to have Uri Hofi
initiate the Northeast Chapter's contribution to the national membership drive
with both hand hammering and power hammering demonstrations on Saturday,
October 14, at the Center for Metal Arts in Florida, New York. Hofi's world
class demonstration has been highly-renowned through out Central Europe,
China, Japan and the United States.
Refreshments and a buffet were provided courtesy of the Northeast Chapter.
There was not any charge for this event.
Click here to see pictures from meeting
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Chapter Meeting was held at Artistic Iron Works, LLC
11 Reynolds Street, Norwalk, CT 06855 203-838-9200
[fax 203-852-9002]
Starting off with our
normal business meeting, the attending members were treated to a shop tour.
Current work in progress are some curved rails. Artistic Iron is unique in the fact that that make their own
terminals with the exception of laterals and bronze terminals. Artistic also
forges railings and might held a forging demo that afternoon. Check out their
website for more information about Artistic Iron Works, LLC
[artistic-IW.com].
Contact Maciej Jankowski by phone or by e-mail [maciej@artistic-IW.com].
Click here to see pictures from meeting
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Chapter Meeting at Architectural Iron Designs,
Inc.
950
South Second St, Plainfield, NJ 07063 800-784-7444
The membership was treated to
a sampling of the great Samuel Yellin craftsmanship, Some of Samuel Yellin's
original creations were on hand to be ogled and admired. Highlighting the
collection presented, Papp Iron recently purchased an original forged steel bank
table complete with the original stone top. Tom Ryan handled the
presentation. Tom is a blacksmith from Long Island who was formally employed at
the Yellin shop in Philadelphia.
Tuesday through Saturday, March 7 to 11
NOMMA national convention
METALfab 2006
Savannah,
Georgia
The
exposition will be a must see/attend event.
A full week of educational programs topped by a blacksmithing demo by the
world renown Uri Hofi. This year, METALfab will be the traditional 3 day Trade
Show with most of NOMMA suppliers showing their wares.
In 2007, METALfab will be
held in Florida at a resort. The education will be the same, but the trade
show will be a one night table top show with only catalogs on display, no
material or machinery will be displayed.
So please make every effort
to attend the
Savannah METALfab.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Chapter Meeting was
held at The Duke of Iron
1039 West Jericho Turnpike,
Smithtown, NY 11787-3205 631-543-3600
[fax: 631-543-3629]
The business meeting was held highlighted
by a discussion concerning our AIA/CES standing and exhibiting at a local AIA
Trade Show to be held May 11 [see above]. Afterwards the Duke of Iron
demonstrated on how to properly weld bronze castings to a bronze handrail
moulding as well as how to properly finish the joint. Attendees also held a
round table talk with photos of their recent jobs and forged objects to
discuss techniques, challenges and solutions.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Chapter Meeting was
held at Majka Railing Company
125 Mc Bride Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07501
973-247-7606 [fax 973-247-7605]
At this last
meeting of the NOMMA year, new Chapter Officers were elected:
-
Keith Majka, President
Majka Railing Co., Paterson, NJ
-
Ed Mack, Vice President
Fine Architectural Metalsmiths, Chester, NY
-
Margaret Grace,
Secretary/Treasurer Fine Architectural Metalsmiths, Chester,
NY
-
Jay Shah, Supplier Director
Architectural Iron Designs, Plainfield, NJ
Attendees were
requested to bring photos of their recent jobs for an open discussion
concerning the techniques, challenges & solutions related to the job. Also the Chapter
ran a review and critique our educational seminar for AIA registered architects.
The seminar has been produced in a PowerPoint Presentation. The updated
seminar is basically our "Metal Finishes - An Introduction"
bound manual that was produced a few years ago.
After lunch, Majka Railing fired up their powder coating system and
conducted a complete demonstration of the process on aluminum from start
to finish.
Thanks go out to Majka Railing
Company for hosting this meeting and to Julius Blum & Co., Inc. for providing
the delicious lunch.
Saturday,
November 13, 2004
Chapter Meeting at
Welding Works
32 New Road, Madison, CT 06443 203-245-2731
A business meeting was
held that encompassed nominations for new Chapter Officers, reporting on the
developments of the relationships of NOMMA with local chapters and NOMMA in
general, future Chapter meetings and the report of Chapter finances.
Following the business reports, the Chapter members and their guests
toured the facility and a comprehensive presentation was given on an award
winning monumental fence was given.
Click here to see pictures from meeting
Saturday,
April 17, 2004
Chapter Meeting at
Precision Metal Fabrication
236 39th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 718-832-9805
A business meeting was
held that encompassed nominations for new Chapter Officers, reporting on the
developments of the relationships of NOMMA with local chapters and NOMMA in
general, future Chapter meetings and the report of Chapter finances.
Following the business reports, the Chapter members and their guests toured the facility and
demonstrations on welding bronze to steel, laser cutting, CNC short run
production and other architectural applications were presented.
Saturday,
September 27, 2003
Chapter Meeting at Ryan Ornamental
[division of Ryan Iron Works, Inc.]
P. O. Box 159, Raynham, MA 02767
508-822-8001
fax 508-822-0716
The first meeting of the
season began around 10 am at Ryan Ornamental. Following a business
meeting, the Chapter members and their guests toured the facility and a demonstration on stainless steel welding and polishing
was conducted. A big thank
you to Ryan Ornamental and Ryan Iron Works for hosting a fantastic meeting.
Click here to see pictures from meeting
Saturday, April 5, 2003
Chapter Meeting at Architectural Iron Designs,
Inc.
950
South Second St, Plainfield, NJ 07063 800-784-7444
Current updates
from our on-going and new educational projects
for current year were discussed. Following the regular business meeting, there
were open tours through both Papp Iron Works shop and Architectural Iron
Designs' warehouse. Presentations by Chapter members, led by Fine
Architectural Metalsmiths, on fabrication of special jobs and techniques
utilized in the past year concluded the meeting.
Thanks to Papp Iron Works
and Architectural Iron Designs for hosting our meeting.
Click here to see pictures from meeting
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