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Texas PenCraft was born in October of 2006. A few months earlier I had purchased a small metal lathe (Taig Micro II) and was attempting to find projects that I could accomplish while at the same time these project endeavors would also teach me about the lathe and how to use it. One of these projects was a pen "kit" that I had seen in an advert in a hobby magazine. The idea of actually making a pen that would actually work was very intriguing. Well, the very first pen kit a tried to make was one of the easier projects and it actually came out quite nice. I was so surprised at this (I mean, who could make an ink pen that works, right?) that I ordered several more, a few were even a little more advanced and thus required a little more skill and finess. Some of these came out quite nice, but some didn't even come out. I actually destroyed a few by being unexperienced in many areas of learning and craftsmanship. By now, I knew I was hooked on the hobby because I quickly became enamoured with the idea of creating "one of a kind" pens and letting my imagination run amok. I especially liked the idea that there were so many diverse materials that could be used to make the body of the pen. I mean, the sky is literally the limit!

Year	Event
2004	An interest is kindled in learning about some aspects of metalworking
2005	Interest(s) narrowed down to learning hobby or "home" shop machining
2006	A small metal lathe and mill are purchased
2007	Learing and making projects is fully underway

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