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
Episodes
Melton Forge Works Podcast
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.
Episodes
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: http://www.rigoniironworks.com/ https://www.youtube.com/...
Episode 45
What I’ve been up to this week. Unloading tire hammers, unboxing the mr volcano forge
Episode 44
Workshop talk and a short re-cap from my 3rd tire hammer workshop.
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"
Episode 42
What I’ve been up to the past week and a recap from the LAMA conference
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.
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.
Episode 39
Catching up over a long break from podcasting and a bit of small business talk
Episode 38
Year in review Q&A
Episode 37
Tire hammer lessons and miscellaneous ramblings
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.
Episode 35
Gearing up for the tire hammer build. Finishing another batch of steak turners and talking about letter stamping in steel.
Episode 34 - September-October updates
A recap of the last few weeks and a look ahead to the end of October
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.
Episode 32 - business & website chat
Talk about my business process thoughts, social media and websites
Episode 31 - induction forge part 2
More talk about the induction forge and how the cooling system is working for it.
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
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.
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
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.
Episode 26 -Damascus and the new maker
In this episode I talk a little bit about my feelings regarding Damascus and new knife makers.
Episode 25- weekly updates
Weekly updates and a chat about artistic free form forging versus detailed layout
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.
Episode 23 - Out of practice
Come along with me as I talk about my week in blacksmithing
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.
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
Episode 20 - Recap of my week
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
Episode 19 - Tire hammers vs Air hammers
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
Episode 18 - Finishing up the 88 hammer install
I finish installing the 88 and moving most of the tools in the shop back in place