Steampunk 3D Puzzle Clock – DIY Mechanical Wall Clock Kit for Adults – Unique Engineering Gift and Vintage Décor - 3D Wooden Puzzles for Adults

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.

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.

I can’t even begin to tell you strongly enough, DO NOT BUY THIS CLOCK! I’ve put together multiple difficult puzzles like the Galaxy Marble Run and the Dragon Castle and this one is damn near impossible to put together. The instructions are tiny and impossible to understand. Some parts just fall out of the boards while others break trying to get them out. The parts were not where the instructions had them pictured. The parts are very difficult to get in, requiring a hammer on some while others would just fall out. I am returning mine but don’t know if they’ll give me a refund since there is no possible way to get it back in the “box” it comes in. As a veteran to these types of puzzles, I’ve never seen such a disaster and I really wanted to build this clock. I think I will just stick with Wood Trick puzzles from now on!

Love it, it was a gift. Said it met their expectations. It is very nice looking after it is completed. It would look great on a colored wall.

Very difficult build, take your time to do it right at every steps. I did it across 4 days, couple of hours each day. then only find out it only run several second. Then I spend 3 days to fix it. Here is my notes maybe you should pay attention to them 1) I would lucubrate each bearing eye before put them together. 2) level the clock, adjust the clock， use your ear, position it to a good place that it sounds right at both swing end. 3) other then smoothness of gear, you should position each gear at correct depth, See my photo， I had two gears at different height and touch each other, so stuck. 4) don't give up， it will run smooth after repeated runs. My clock runs from several minute, to 20 minutes, I took the pendulum section off so It run faster. It still stuck, then after 2 days， it suddenly just run unstopped.

Know that the instructions are difficult to use. The illustrations are of poor quality, the written word is missing and the paper is a folded large paper. A book of instructions would be more user friendly. Written instructions would be helpful. The illustrations should be more clear. I doubt I will purchase another puzzle from this manufacturer. The quality of the materials are great.

A GREAT build! Was fun and relaxing. If I have just ONE tip, it would be to remove the small pieces that cover bearing axles. My escape wheel kept stopping, or losing power, at the same spot. So I knew it was the problem gear. I removed both front and back caps on the ends of the bearings for that gear, and it now runs without problem. The caps were applying force on the bearings, causing friction. I've now removed all caps from all bearing axles.

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.