Gary Evensen Fall Forge Fest 2005 HABA Houston Area Blacksmith's Association

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October 8, 2005

Gary Evensen
demonstrates at
FALL BLACKSMITH'S FORGE FEST
at
Oldenburg
This Fall we returned with a new event name to our favorite Oldenburg site at HABA Lifetime Member Kennie Hall's place on Antique Show Weekend to have a good time.

Our bi-annual Blacksmith's Hammerfest has become our Forge Fest event at Oldenburg and was held the weekend of October 8. We featured several special regional demonstrators under the New Hall Pavillion on Saturday.

Many attended form HABA and Balcones Forge, and we brought tools and work to sell to other blacksmiths and the public. Our web site for the event is HABA Fall ForgeFest. Our demonstrator agenda changed a couple of times, but we ended up with an absolutely dynamite day of expert demonstrating featuring :

Gary Evensen - HABA & Balcones

Dan Smith - Balcones

Cowboy Szymanski - HABA

Dan Smith Encore - Balcones

Cowboy Szymanski Encore - HABA

Gary had his Encore ready to go, but it was time for the great bar-b-que feast provided by our hosts, the most gracious Halls. So we requested, and Gary readily agreed, that we could save it for next time!

More information is available at the HABA website for the event Blacksmith's Fall Forge Fest.

Featured Blacksmith at Forge Fest Demonstrator
October 8, 2005 Gary Evensen
Balcones Forge and HABA

Gary graduated with a B.S. in Engineering Design and has worked in manufacturing and metal fabrication since 1976. He established Evensen Ironworks 14 years ago and has been full time with this work for the past 12 years. Gary is a Member of and participates in Balcones and HABA activities.

Statement

Our little forge is located in the Texas Hill country, on the western edge of Austin, Texas.

We have been designing and building gates, stairs and railings for the Austin area since 1991. With degrees in Engineering Design and Industrial Arts, it was a natural move when we purchased, "The Forge" and started doing structural steel work for commercial and residential builders. The local tastes and demands for better ornamental iron has created the perfect reason for us to specialize.

Demo

Gary was first up for the day and demonstrated tools for cold bending steel, featuring his replica of a Hossfeld Bender Machine with Hossfeld bending dies. He showed three sepcific bends he regularly uses : Compression, Draw, and Air.

His second demo was to be about how to hang large gates, but this was saved for next time as the end of the day arrived before we could start his encore.

Contact

Gary Evensen
Evensen Ironworks
1400 OReilly Ct.
Austin, Texas 78734
Phone: 512-266-2430
Fax:512-266-2434
Email:bevensen@ev1.net
Web Page: Evensen Ironworks

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