WOODEN.CITY 3D Wooden Puzzles for Adults Crafts - Industrial Vintage Wall Clock Model Kit - Mechanical Clock Building Kit - Engineering Hobbies

The media could not be loaded. Very unique item. A bit challenging to build. Many reviews illustrated the clock does not run. Mine does. Perfectly.Tips. MEASURE with included tool everything called for. Lightly sand all gears. Peaks and valleys. Although not called for in the instructions, LIGHTLY sand and wax all gear axles. This way, even after assembly you can move gears for best alignment after assembly without taking the whole damn thing apart. THIS was a life saver. CRITICAL but not illustrated in the included instructions.If you're someone who has a plan to do a marathon all day build. You will likely fail to have an operational clock. Take your time. A few minutes a day. Building is the most relaxing part. Double check all your measurements. Use plenty of wax. Burnish into the gear teeth or any wood contacting wood moving parts. A little tweaking was required after assembly.My clock has been running 3 days. It's four minutes fast in 3 days. I'm Still adjusting for speed with the pendulum to fine tune.If you're un familiar with gears and how they work. This probably isn't for you. Trouble shooting will be required.Loved the challenge. The clock looks and works amazing. I dare you to find a clock like this ready to run anywhere. These haven't been made for centuries. You need to build it to own one. Five stars for sure.The video attached was a few hours after assembly. The clock hour hand not adjusted. Just running for functionality.

The media could not be loaded. Fun clock to build. Looks great. I also have the steam punk clock from wooden city but after about a year the holes the axles fit in started getting deformed and it stopped working. This one looks so much better and works like a charm.W wooden model clock from any of the manufacturers, this is not a beginners kit. Clocks are pretty unforgiving. They need to be sanded correctly. The gears need to be spaced properly on their axles. They need to be waxed way more than the instructions show. Basically if any moving parts touch in any way shape of form they need to be sanded smooth and waxed or it wont work. The final assembly is a real challenge. So take your time and enjoy it. The instructions are adequate. Just pay attention to every thing.. Especially where it says to space the gears on the axles. They give you a measuring tool. Make sure you do exactly what it says.So over all well worth the money in my book. Hope this review heps some one.

Its a lot of fun putting this clock together. You have to be patient and have experence putting these type of puzzles together before attempting this one. The weight required to run the clock is 2 to 3 times more than they recomend. I filled my weight with nuts bolts and bb's a soda can is the perfect size to keep the.paper from buldging out. Last thing ... i recomend using bar soap instead of wax to grease the cogs. Dont be stingy with the soap.

The media could not be loaded. I love the challenges posed by the designers and manufacturers of wooden mechanical kits, but my favorite is clock kits. The clock kits are so unforgiving that one has to be meticulous every step of the way to make them work as intended. Friction is the worst enemy of clock-making. While the axles for this kit are made of wood, having pre-installed metal bearings in crucial gears helps significantly in this matter. I also liked the complexity of the design, with nine gears in total. The fit is tighter than other kits, but it means a sturdier structure. I used small pliers to help push in the pieces. The instruction is so tiny that I had to use a magnifying glass to see the diagrams. But it didn't bother me as I view decyphering the pictorial instructions - however big or small, clear or vague - as a part of the challenge. This is a working clock that keeps the time relatively accurate. My only reservation is its short running time of about eight hours. I think I will modify it later to double the running time. I enjoyed working on it, but it is a plain clock with no added features. I hope that the designers will consider adding complication features for future releases.

There was nothing I liked about it it’s pretty bad that one needs to use a magnifying glass glass to assemble it instructions were very poor and hard to make out

This appears to be a high quality product, and based on the 4- and 5-star reviews, others must have had better luck than I.When I opened package, I found that the parts board were warped. I am speculating a bit, but I have to think that maybe sandwiching the miscellaneous parts bag between the boards contributed to this.I also noted that some parts were missing from the miscellaneous parts bag.I emailed Wooden.City support about the missing parts and the warped boards. They told me that yes, the warped boards sometimes occur, but they made no mention of how to rectify that problem. They also told me that they would ship the missing parts if I provided my address and phone number. I provided the requested information and asked what to do about the warped boards. It is one month later, and I have not received the parts nor have I received any further email feedback.I thought I would try to assemble the clock anyway and see what happens... maybe by removing the parts from the boards, they would be less warped. No such luck, the parts remain warped. At least one of the wooden dowels is also slightly warped. At this point, I suspect that any more time spent on this kit will be wasted.I bought the kit last October and waited until January (well outside the return window) to open it, so not being able to return it is on me. For that reason, as well as the reality that others have had better luck than I, I give it 2 stars instead of 1.

My daughter loves puzzles, the harder the better. so I got her this for Christmas, needless to say she loved this

I was expecting to be disappointed with this puzzle as it was more expensive than I thought it would be. I was not disappointed. It is absolutely worth the price and beautiful upon completion. Be prepared to display <3