Melton Forge Works Podcast
By 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.
Melton Forge Works Podcast Dec 04, 2023
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Episode 70 Demos & Life Lessons
This episode covers several weeks and includes information about demonstrations that I’ve given and attended recently.
Dec 04, 202352:08
Episode 69
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.
Oct 07, 202328:13
Episode 68
A little more social media, rambling and updates from the last few weeks
Mar 27, 202324:26
Episode 67
Recap of almost two months of blacksmith related 3d printing stuff. News on the second round of swage blocks and more general rambling. Enjoy?
Feb 04, 202329:15
Episode 66
Shop update and the story of how the Melton Mini Swage came to be.
Dec 03, 202233:04
Episode 65
Instagram shenanigans & catching up since July.
Sep 17, 202215:16
Episode 64
Recap of mid summer July 2022
Sep 17, 202230:29
Episode 63
Recap of my trip to blade show 2022
Jun 20, 202220:34
Episode 62
A recap of the last MFC Meeting as well as info on using 3D print technology for helping to learn blacksmithing and hammer control.
May 30, 202226:11
Episode 61
Lessons learned in two years of induction forging
May 21, 202214:01
Episode 60
Are you cheating?
May 17, 202215:30
Episode 59
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.
May 09, 202214:33
Episode 58
Getting the MFC shop cleaned up, working on new coffee scoop ideas
Feb 18, 202219:21
Episode 57
I demonstrated the coffee scoop and gave a talk about social media and blacksmithing at the Texas blacksmith conference in La Grange, TX.
Jan 31, 202213:42
Episode 56
How learning guitar and learning blacksmithing are similar. Website updates and getting ready for the Texas blacksmith conference in La Grange, Tx January 28
Jan 20, 202221:18
Episode 55
Just catching up from the holidays. What I’ve been up to and some things coming in the next few weeks.
Jan 10, 202215:51
Episode 54
Quick recap of the last tire hammer build and some suggestions for increasing your sales using social media and web pages
Nov 17, 202120:45
Episode 53
Shop talk about using technology in the blacksmith shop, a new anvil and another tire hammer.
Oct 28, 202134:03
Episode 52
Using material with a story, catching up after hurricane Ida and a cool story about a couple of new hammers I received.
Sep 04, 202127:33
Episode 51
Shop maintenance tasks. Induction forge problems, coffee scoops and railroad spike knife classes
Aug 17, 202125:50
Episode 50
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.
Jul 21, 202132:31
Episode 49 - Blade Show
A short review of my weekend at Blade Show 2021 in Atlanta
Jun 13, 202123:07
Episode 48
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.
Jun 03, 202136:36
Episode 47 - A bit of personal info and catching up on the last week
Mental health & how I try to keep it in check. Catching up on the last weeks of April
May 15, 202125:04
Episode 46 - John Rigoni
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:
www.rigoniironworks.com/
www.youtube.com/channel/UC1pIZaFcd2sTC65bijHrgYw
John Rigoni (@rigoni_ironworks) • Instagram photos and videos
You can find out more about John here:
www.rigoniironworks.com/
www.youtube.com/channel/UC1pIZaFcd2sTC65bijHrgYw
John Rigoni (@rigoni_ironworks) • Instagram photos and videos
Apr 27, 202156:33
Episode 45
What I’ve been up to this week. Unloading tire hammers, unboxing the mr volcano forge
Apr 24, 202129:00
Episode 44
Workshop talk and a short re-cap from my 3rd tire hammer workshop.
Apr 12, 202131:09
Episode 43
Catching up on what I'm doing, shop cleanup and a bit of talk about the ABANA virtual learning class "Business of Blacksmithing"
Apr 07, 202119:00
Episode 42
What I’ve been up to the past week and a recap from the LAMA conference
Mar 23, 202120:09
Episode 41 - The Facebook Rant
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.
Mar 13, 202119:00
Episode 40 - 2nd interview with Nils Ögren
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.
Mar 09, 202101:23:54
Episode 39
Catching up over a long break from podcasting and a bit of small business talk
Mar 03, 202129:58
Episode 38
Year in review Q&A
Jan 09, 202124:01
Episode 37
Tire hammer lessons and miscellaneous ramblings
Dec 09, 202033:40
Episode 36 - October tire hammer build workshop
We built 32 enhanced Clay Spencer tire hammers in 2.5 days. The episode has audio before during snd after the build.
Oct 28, 202035:03
Episode 35
Gearing up for the tire hammer build. Finishing another batch of steak turners and talking about letter stamping in steel.
Oct 22, 202019:02
Episode 34 - September-October updates
A recap of the last few weeks and a look ahead to the end of October
Oct 12, 202031:32
Episode 33 - Railroad spikes
In this episode I talk about the merits of using railroad spikes in blacksmithing Work and some of the controversy around them.
Sep 09, 202030:48
Episode 32 - business & website chat
Talk about my business process thoughts, social media and websites
Aug 31, 202018:17
Episode 31 - induction forge part 2
More talk about the induction forge and how the cooling system is working for it.
Aug 16, 202017:16
Episode 30 - Starting my journey into induction forging
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
Aug 09, 202025:51
Episode 29 - Perfection vs good enough?
Just a quick chat about something I’ve been thinking about in regards to personal work standards and efficiency in the shop.
Jul 27, 202021:30
Episode 28 - new tools, eye injuries and a hammer class
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
Jul 03, 202027:34
Episode 27
Had a couple of questions come up about how I take orders so I thought I’d discuss that a bit this week.
Jun 21, 202021:31
Episode 26 -Damascus and the new maker
In this episode I talk a little bit about my feelings regarding Damascus and new knife makers.
Jun 14, 202031:17
Episode 25- weekly updates
Weekly updates and a chat about artistic free form forging versus detailed layout
Jun 09, 202029:11
Episode 24 - Grinders, to build or buy?
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.
May 31, 202038:27
Episode 23 - Out of practice
Come along with me as I talk about my week in blacksmithing
May 19, 202025:00
Episode 22 - Forged in Fire interview process and my weekly updates
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.
May 09, 202030:19
Episode 21 - Weekly update for May 2020
Updates on the week. A new leg vise, more power hammer tooling and some good advice from a listener
May 02, 202041:37