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I am 30 years old. The majority of my work history has been in residential construction. I started making pipes January 15 2012. I started out after visiting Colorado for my older brothers wedding and saw some pipes that his friend had made. My little brother was intrigued with them and wanted to make his own. I decided I would try it with him. Before we even got home we found Pimo's website and ordered some stems. The first thing I learned about pipes was that they don't make bent stems, you have to heat the stems and bend them yourself. In the beginning I learned something new about pipes every day and usually it was the result of a mistake. In high school my favorite class was wood shop . I made a dining room table with leaves and an oak roll top desk among other things. I've always enjoyed working with my hands. After high school I worked for a home builder for about 6 years. I learned a lot about almost all aspects of residential construction.  My boss and I built about one house per year. Most of the time it was just me and him working together. When we did bigger jobs like pouring the basement floor my boss would pay some of his friends or old employees to come help us for the day. Even though his houses sold for almost $500,000 , he was still very conscious of wasting material and time , and keeping costs down. So what I really learned while working there was how to work efficiently.