🧩 Wooden Mechanical Puzzle Building Kit by RoWood Review

Edit: I thought it was really cool but I can't get it to work for more than 30 seconds. I played around with it for hours. Kind of a big disappointment. I got this for my 14 year old son for Christmas and we put it together. I can only resist working on it without him because it's so awesome. I love that you don't need messy glue or nails or anything, just a little bit of finger strength. I think younger kids could do it too if someone helped them put the pieces together. It is also a very…

Assembled last night/night. I've always been interested in mechanical watches and it's been a fun few hours assembling a mechanism. Quality cut outs - at first I was afraid of breaking the pieces pulling them out of the boards but they were very well cut and pulled out easily. The instructions are detailed (sometimes a bit complicated) and generally clear. I haven't measured the time accuracy (but I don't care about the accuracy, I just wanted to build a clock). Looks great! The only suggestion

This is amazing! Received as a gift and seen them VERY enjoying the building process. You can hit 100 mph during the build, but it's worth spending some time grinding/grinding the gears to make sure everything runs nice and smooth. Plus time setting. Definitely gives you the ability to stain (or even shoe polish etc) gears and/or frames etc to make them pop. You can black out the escapement wheel and fork for example, or just the gears etc) Really well done and a really useful piece or…

I bought this calendar after starting the day to day business, easy to put together and a lovely little calendar. I took it to work and put it on my desktop. It doesn't sit still or in a very clear spot, but oh my god, everyone kind of sees it. I talk about the 20 year calendar all the time. I show how it works, how it was assembled and where I got it from. I ended up buying four more wooden puzzles thanks to this article. I gifted the safe to my daughter, built the submarine (which is also in…

Although you might expect assembling the clock to be a little tricky, this jigsaw puzzle takes it to a whole new level. First, some parts are cut incorrectly, resulting in damage to the parts. Next, most of the instructions in the puzzle are about creating a large number of subassemblies with little direction. The biggest disappointment, however, is that the buyer is forced to only guess where the various knots are actually used. We'll have to guess based on what it might look like. It doesn't…

I really liked this project. The parts come in single sheets but are cut precisely and remarkably clean. The pieces are brittle and you don't want to just randomly start "popping" the pieces. They want to take their time and "work out” the pieces. Patience. The instructions are easy to follow. Some of the really intricate parts require some fine sanding (as directed in the instructions, and a small square of sandpaper is included), but there's really nothing that most can't handle. Modern…

I am an experienced model maker, I create many different complex models. I've always had a passion for watches and this project struck me as interesting. I was also looking for something to keep me busy for a week or so. I made several builds that took months to complete. The package came in a few days, everything is whole, nothing broken or lost. I have a method of putting the numbered parts in separate bins so the construction is measured and smooth. To do this, every detail had to be removed