Rob the Wood Bender

Many people give themselves projects to do over winter, most choose to learn a new skill - learning to play an instrument or perhaps improving on languages but Rob has gone one step further and given himself the incredible challenge of building a guitar. He has spent many hours in the chippy shop over the past few months showing incredible patience as he painstakingly sands away millimetres of wood to create the perfect curves and thicknesses required.

Today was rather exciting as he reached the part where he had to bend the pieces of wood for the side of the guitar. This involved soaking the wood for a few minutes before bending over a heated pipe. Pretty impressive stuff....

More photos and information on the progress of Rob's guitar making can be found on his blog http://www.robertwebster.org/blog.html