Melton Forge Works Podcast: Recent Episodes
Derek Melton
I take you along with me as I go about the day to day business of running a small blacksmith shop. I'll discuss the things I'm making, the tools I'm using or reviewing as well as chats with other smiths. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support
Derek discusses how he’s preparing for the ABANA conference and what he plans to talk about and demonstrate--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/derek-melton7/support
Derek explains his ideas behind this topic and gives an update on what he’s been up to in the shop. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/derek-melton7/support
This episode covers several weeks and includes information about demonstrations that I’ve given and attended recently. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/derek-melton7/support
The return of the podcast. A wrapup of my recent trips to Alabama and Ohio and some talk about the Coal ironworks power hammer and induction machine.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/derek-melton7/support
A little more social media, rambling and updates from the last few weeks--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/derek-melton7/support
Recap of almost two months of blacksmith related 3d printing stuff. News on the second round of swage blocks and more general rambling. Enjoy?--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support
Shop update and the story of how the Melton Mini Swage came to be. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support
Instagram shenanigans & catching up since July.
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Recap of mid summer July 2022
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Recap of my trip to blade show 2022
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A recap of the last MFC Meeting as well as info on using 3D print technology for helping to learn blacksmithing and hammer control.
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Lessons learned in two years of induction forging
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I’m back! Catching up and getting back in the podcasting saddle. A chat about where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to.
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Getting the MFC shop cleaned up, working on new coffee scoop ideas
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I demonstrated the coffee scoop and gave a talk about social media and blacksmithing at the Texas blacksmith conference in La Grange, TX.
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How learning guitar and learning blacksmithing are similar. Website updates and getting ready for the Texas blacksmith conference in La Grange, Tx January 28
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Just catching up from the holidays. What I’ve been up to and some things coming in the next few weeks.
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Quick recap of the last tire hammer build and some suggestions for increasing your sales using social media and web pages
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Shop talk about using technology in the blacksmith shop, a new anvil and another tire hammer.
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Using material with a story, catching up after hurricane Ida and a cool story about a couple of new hammers I received.
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Shop maintenance tasks. Induction forge problems, coffee scoops and railroad spike knife classes
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Catching up on the last few weeks. Talking about the process of product development in a small shop in regards to the coffee scoop project.
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A short review of my weekend at Blade Show 2021 in Atlanta
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What I’ve been up to during the end of May and into the first week of June. Laser cut bottle opener blanks and 3D printing.
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Mental health & how I try to keep it in check. Catching up on the last weeks of April
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Today's episode is an interview with John Rigoni of Rigoni Ironworks. John is a blacksmith and firefighter from Texas. He's one of my heroes in the craft and he's got an amazing YouTube channel with some of the cleanest forging you'll see. He's a very talented guy and I was thankful to be able to talk to him about his background, some of his tools and his thoughts on his work ethic in the shop. Enjoy! You can find out more about John here: http://www.rigoniironworks.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1pIZaFcd2sTC65bijHrgYw John Rigoni (@rigoni_ironworks) • Instagram photos and videos
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What I’ve been up to this week. Unloading tire hammers, unboxing the mr volcano forge
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Workshop talk and a short re-cap from my 3rd tire hammer workshop.
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Catching up on what I'm doing, shop cleanup and a bit of talk about the ABANA virtual learning class "Business of Blacksmithing"
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What I’ve been up to the past week and a recap from the LAMA conference
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We’ve all had negative experiences on Facebook in blacksmithing or bladesmith groups, Some of those groups are really helpful, some not so much. I’ll give a few thoughts on the topic.
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Episode 40, interview with Nils Ogren, blacksmith and axe maker from Sweden. We catch up on what he's been up to this year including his experience with Forged in Fire in Sweden, his new Power Hammer and some talk about how we both are using the web and social media for our blacksmithing businesses.
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Catching up over a long break from podcasting and a bit of small business talk
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Tire hammer lessons and miscellaneous ramblings
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We built 32 enhanced Clay Spencer tire hammers in 2.5 days. The episode has audio before during snd after the build.
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Gearing up for the tire hammer build. Finishing another batch of steak turners and talking about letter stamping in steel.
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A recap of the last few weeks and a look ahead to the end of October
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In this episode I talk about the merits of using railroad spikes in blacksmithing Work and some of the controversy around them.
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Talk about my business process thoughts, social media and websites
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More talk about the induction forge and how the cooling system is working for it.
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In this episode I give some details about the induction forge and you can follow along as I collect the items needed to get it running in the shop
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Just a quick chat about something I’ve been thinking about in regards to personal work standards and efficiency in the shop.
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Dust collection comes to the Melton forge works shop, I had an eye injury this week and a friend came by for a hammer making class
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Had a couple of questions come up about how I take orders so I thought I’d discuss that a bit this week.
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In this episode I talk a little bit about my feelings regarding Damascus and new knife makers.
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Weekly updates and a chat about artistic free form forging versus detailed layout
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A talk about the grinders I built and some suggestions on a few people and companies to buy one from, if you’re not into building one yourself.
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Come along with me as I talk about my week in blacksmithing
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In this episode I chat a bit about what to expect if you’re wanting to apply for Forged in Fire and some info about what I’ve been up to this week.
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Updates on the week. A new leg vise, more power hammer tooling and some good advice from a listener
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I talk about the things I got done this week, a little revisiting the tire hammer vs air hammer discussion and some info about the first things forged on the 88
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A suggested topic on Instagram for this episode. I go over the pros and cons for the tire hammer and the self contained air hammer based on my experience
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I finish installing the 88 and moving most of the tools in the shop back in place
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This week I talk about the mask supports I’ve been making, a bit of a struggle with motivation and details on a power hammer upgrade
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I give muriatic acid a try for descaling forged hammers and talk about a hammer making jig I made.
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I talk a bit about the way I’m making my Flypress tooling interchangeable with other tools in the shop and a bit about how the coronavirus has affected my day job.
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Advice & arrowheads. I chat a little about some general advice for staying motivated as a new Blacksmith and a bit about a crazy thing I found in a creek.
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Talking about the last few hammers I made and some work done on the big red flypress
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I talk about die saddles and answer a few questions from Instagram
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A chat with Swedish blacksmith Nils Ogren!
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A recap of my weekend activity centered around getting two power hammers moved to new locations in the shop
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My first guest on the podcast. A conversation with blacksmith Jordan Goodwin. We talk about the business of blacksmithing, narrowing the scope of your work and a few other topics over the course of an hour.
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A couple of short chats about what I’ve been up to in the shop, a little talk about failure and a tidbit on upcoming tire hammer classes
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In this episode I talk a little about how I do batch work and a random chat about my flypress
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A short chat about what website I use
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A few details about what I learned, what I thought made the workshop a success. A few audio issues in the latter half, still figuring out the audio.
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In this episode I talk a little bit about what went on during the tire hammer build work shop, a little bit about what my role was and I answer some questions about future workshops.
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In this episode I talk a little bit more about getting ready for the Tyer hammer class, give me a few details about me and about why I wanted to go and build another tire hammer.
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I talk a bit more about the upcoming tire hammer build workshop
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An introduction to the Melton Forge Works Podcast.
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