
Episode 81
No frills basic podcasting is back! Blade show, shop talk and a quick note about being careful what you get good at.

Hosted by Derek Melton · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 81 episodes
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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.
Derek Melton hosts Melton Forge Works Podcast, a leisure show with 81 episodes published.

No frills basic podcasting is back! Blade show, shop talk and a quick note about being careful what you get good at.

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I got together with my friends Michael Hoops and Joey Powell for an hour-long chat for a podcast. We cover a range of topics including induction forging, general business practices, what we're working on in the shop and

Episode 73 - A highly unedited recap of my experience at Quad State 2024 as a demonstrator

Derek discusses how he’s preparing for the ABANA conference and what he plans to talk about and demonstrate

Derek explains his ideas behind this topic and gives an update on what he’s been up to in the shop.

This episode covers several weeks and includes information about demonstrations that I’ve given and attended recently.

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.

A little more social media, rambling and updates from the last few weeks

Recap of almost two months of blacksmith related 3d printing stuff. News on the second round of swage blocks and more general rambling. Enjoy?

Shop update and the story of how the Melton Mini Swage came to be.




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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