Melton Forge Works Podcast

Episode 73 - A highly unedited recap of my experience at Quad State 2024 as a demonstrator --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Recap of mid summer July 2022 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Recap of my trip to blade show 2022 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

A recap of the last MFC Meeting as well as info on using 3D print technology for helping to learn blacksmithing and hammer control. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Lessons learned in two years of induction forging --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Are you cheating? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Getting the MFC shop cleaned up, working on new coffee scoop ideas --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

I demonstrated the coffee scoop and gave a talk about social media and blacksmithing at the Texas blacksmith conference in La Grange, TX. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

How learning guitar and learning blacksmithing are similar. Website updates and getting ready for the Texas blacksmith conference in La Grange, Tx January 28 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Just catching up from the holidays. What I've been up to and some things coming in the next few weeks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Quick recap of the last tire hammer build and some suggestions for increasing your sales using social media and web pages --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Shop talk about using technology in the blacksmith shop, a new anvil and another tire hammer. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Using material with a story, catching up after hurricane Ida and a cool story about a couple of new hammers I received. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Shop maintenance tasks. Induction forge problems, coffee scoops and railroad spike knife classes --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

A short review of my weekend at Blade Show 2021 in Atlanta --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Mental health & how I try to keep it in check. Catching up on the last weeks of April --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

What I've been up to this week. Unloading tire hammers, unboxing the mr volcano forge --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Workshop talk and a short re-cap from my 3rd tire hammer workshop. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Catching up on what I'm doing, shop cleanup and a bit of talk about the ABANA virtual learning class "Business of Blacksmithing" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

What I've been up to the past week and a recap from the LAMA conference --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Catching up over a long break from podcasting and a bit of small business talk --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Year in review Q&A --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Tire hammer lessons and miscellaneous ramblings --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

We built 32 enhanced Clay Spencer tire hammers in 2.5 days. The episode has audio before during snd after the build. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Gearing up for the tire hammer build. Finishing another batch of steak turners and talking about letter stamping in steel. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

A recap of the last few weeks and a look ahead to the end of October --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

In this episode I talk about the merits of using railroad spikes in blacksmithing Work and some of the controversy around them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Talk about my business process thoughts, social media and websites --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

More talk about the induction forge and how the cooling system is working for it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Just a quick chat about something I've been thinking about in regards to personal work standards and efficiency in the shop. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Had a couple of questions come up about how I take orders so I thought I'd discuss that a bit this week. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

In this episode I talk a little bit about my feelings regarding Damascus and new knife makers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Weekly updates and a chat about artistic free form forging versus detailed layout --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support

Come along with me as I talk about my week in blacksmithing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/derek-melton7/support