Line UGears Models Wooden Puzzle Puzzles: Crafting Your Way to Enchanting Mechanical Masterpieces Review

The valve is difficult to assemble when trying to fit the parts together as shown. The included rubber bands were quite fragile. Cannot return the item as I started work some time after receiving it. It is advisable to follow the instructions in the photos, but not all nieces fit as they should. Bad project if you have little patience!

Great construction! Looks great. I use 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper on all moving parts and on anything that moving parts come into contact with. And all holes too. First complete and adjust the body to make it work well. Jump to your feet. Tighten one leg at a time, wrap it up and make sure it goes smoothly. Do this with each leg. Wax is not needed if you use fine sandpaper. The wood will be very, very smooth. Goes well. Not too far but it really looks like art! (Be careful not to grind the gear

Amazing Model. A very nice structure. A few assembly tips: Sand all sheet metal before removing any parts. I used 400 grit sandpaper first to smooth out the fibers and then 1500 to give the surface a shine. After removing it I sanded the edge faces but not the serrations. I didn't use wax, but I used graphite throughout. No. 2 pencil rubbed brilliantly on the mating surfaces gives a very smooth surface and does not increase the thickness of the details but may stain. This kit contains many…

The first one I bought with my daughter, we loved it. The instructions are honest and tell you what to do and in what order. So.) The panels with all the parts are nicely labeled and some of them slide out easily; others not so much. I'm not sure if it's wood or cut, but one part just won't pull away from the panel. And because of this, the parts break very easily if you try very hard. (I might break my hobby knife set to cut out the pieces, we'll see.) Overall, enjoy!

Hooray for those who actually make it work. Successfully completed the 10 most difficult UGears models. I've been at this for about a year and am revising to try and get everything working. Others have identified key issues. Gears are constantly blocked. Permissions are the problem. Disassembled, recycled, re-waxed, the parts re-sanded, and then everything may work at this stage, but it will fail again at the next stage. Previous Steps Same as current step again. The design concept looks great,

My third puzzle in this series and by far the most difficult. If this is your first experience in any of them, forget it because it is a real challenge. Pay particular attention to the placement of gears 84 and 85 on page 22. I was having trouble getting the foot sync correct and the problem was that one of those two gears (84) was misplaced. I had to parse the horse to page 22 at least 6 times before I found an error. It has been my experience that gears, especially 84 and 85, get too much…

This model is very difficult to assemble. I've made other (easier) ones and thought I was ready for this one. The biggest benefit is to ensure that the mechanisms work at all levels. I thought I could solve the problem of the base gears getting stuck when driving, but I didn't. After the elastic was wound it didn't snag at all so I tried to snap the model back and the elastic (with no way to release the tension) broke half of the model with toothpicks. My fault, not the models. Using lots of…

This horse is striking in appearance. Looks wild and energetic. It's quite a talking point just for its looks. I would give five stars for that alone. The movement isn't that spectacular, but it moves. There is an elevator key and start/stop control lever. The horse cannot take more than 5 steps without stopping or simply falling over. This is similar to a horse's final moves before it is killed by an arrow strike. The kit is a real buildable bear. Instructions must be followed. You may find…