Glad to be a member of this community. My name is Mike and I reside in the twin cities area of Minnesota and have been an avid woodworker for many years. I started out as a luthier and repaired stringed instrumets for many years and begain woodturning 15 years ago. Started out turning pens and then progressed to bowls. Looking forward to learning new techniques and sharing a few tips I have learned along the way. When wood talks, I listen. Each piece will tell you what it wants to be. The trick is to see if you are both speaking the same language.