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About BayForged

Made in the Bay, for people who love to drive

BayForged is an Australian startup that designs hardware and software for car enthusiasts. We are three founders from Port Stephens, NSW, known locally as the Bay.

Our goal is a device you set up yourself: dashboards you design, drives you keep, and every function one button press away so your eyes stay on the road. That device is Anvil S1.

An Anvil prototype on a dash mount beside the steering wheel, a green valley through the windscreen

How we got here

From a weekend project to a product in development.

  1. 2024

    A boost gauge and a trip recorder

    Nev wanted a boost gauge, but not enough to spend $500 on something that showed a single number. Ben wanted to record his commutes and trips, and see data about his own driving.

    Ben combined the two and made a weekend project of it. We called it the Roo.

    The Roo, our weekend project: a 3D-printed case on a suction mount, two round gauges on screen and four push buttons

  2. Late 2024

    Other people wanted one too

    We showed the Roo to friends, fellow enthusiasts and car clubs. People asked for one of their own and kept suggesting features, so the weekend project became a real one.

  3. Early 2025

    Forged in the Bay

    We chose the name BayForged. Our hometown, Port Stephens, is known locally as the Bay, and this is a product made, forged, in the Bay.

  4. 2025

    The first Anvil S1 prototype

    Serious engineering went into a proper prototype: the proof of concept for Anvil S1. We built it, then took it on a road trip across NSW.

    Three bare circuit boards with screens and buttons on a desk, beside one in a white 3D-printed caseThe first Anvil prototype on the dash showing a boost gauge and engine speed, bushland beside the highway

  5. Late 2025

    Lap times at Winton

    The second prototype went to Winton Raceway in Victoria, where its lap times came within milliseconds of the track's own timing.

    A white Anvil prototype on the dash in the pit lane at Winton Raceway, showing lap data

  6. Early 2026

    A third prototype

    The third prototype worked more like a finished product than a DIY project.

    Two third-generation Anvil prototypes side by side: the back, with its OBD2 and expansion ports, and the front, with its screen and buttons

  7. 2026

    Five drivers, hundreds of hours

    We built five units and gave them to drivers to use in their own cars, in a small, closed pilot program. Over a few months they showed us the problems drivers actually have, and how people use a device like this day to day.

    All up, the prototypes have logged hundreds of hours of driving and thousands of kilometres on real roads.

    A pilot unit on a car's dash showing live engine dataA hand holding a wire to a prototype circuit board in its case, a spark where it shorts

  8. Now

    Designing Anvil S1 for release

    The proof of concept has done its job. We are designing the release version of Anvil S1 on new hardware, shaped by what the pilot drivers taught us.

This is where we're at now

The founders

  • Photo to comeBen Barwood, portrait

    Ben Barwood

    Engineering and product design

    Ben designs and builds the hardware and software, from the circuit boards and cases to the dashboards on screen. He built the first version over a weekend in 2024.

    ben.barwood@bayforged.com.au
  • Photo to comeParamvir (Pazz) Saini, portrait

    Paramvir (Pazz) Saini

    Legal and administration

    Pazz looks after the company itself: its legal side, its paperwork and keeping BayForged in order as it grows.

    paramvir.saini@bayforged.com.au
  • Photo to comeSukhvir (Nev) Saini, portrait

    Sukhvir (Nev) Saini

    Marketing and PR

    Nev looks after marketing and PR. BayForged started with his request for a boost gauge, and he still brings the questions drivers ask.

    sukhvir.saini@bayforged.com.au