UGEARSTimer For 20 Minutes, 107 Parts, 3D Wooden Puzzle Mechanical Model, UGR-70004

Ok , massive fan of the Ugears stuff I have over 10 models, loves the concept of this Timer, had plans to even use on my gaming stream for a countdown timer.Also was really smooth and good at the start, but as soon as the actually “mechanics and clockwork” part came it was just to hard.And I’ll say this as an avid fan, I do wish they would do 2 things, make better materials for the important stuff.And THE biggest thing they need, is videos of the hard parts with more concise instructions.I’m now left with a very nice NON working timer.I gave up, a combination of poor instructions and poor parts , just made it both frustrating and impossible to get it to work.Sad but I’d steer clear of this one., unless you want a real challenge.I had my heart set on the new model coming out soon to treat myself for Xmas as I live alone.The “sky watch Tourbillon”, but I won’t be buying now, unless I read reviews saying it’s easy… Shane this one wasn’t.

Beautiful looking. Needs time and patient to make. The rubber bands are difficult to slot in and stay in place. But main concern is ease of the instructions if you dont know exactly how a clock works and how the parts should slot together. I was very careful to follow and triple check everything during assembly. Careful to accurately match the cocktail stick cutting guide to ensure correct lengths. But in the end it never worked. Even after half hour of trying to figure what should do what and making adjustments for the bad cog positioning it never ever did anything. The tolerances seem too loose to be a reliable timer and my tolerance of the wasted money and hours finally came to an end. Expensive firewood.

A very well received present. The parts fit together well and the mechanism works well (though apparently the rubber bands need a little tweaking to get the timing just right and a little candle wax helps the mechanism work smoothly :) For a first time builder of these it was completed very quickly and smoothly and even revitalised an interest in an older creative project so definitely a good choice for people who like to be creative with their hands :)

The model kit I received falls down in two areas:- the wooden toothpicks used as spindles for the gear shafts were too short in length to span the width of clock. In several cases the tips of these toothpicks had been snapped off.- the booklet diagrams showing how to construct the unit were indistinct in someplaces making it difficult to analyse the procedure.I have previously constructed several of these types of puzzles successfully and regret that I am unable to complete this unit until I can locate a further supply of the toothpick style spindles.

Fun to make, but I reckon very hard to make it work properly. In my case, the cocktail sticks were too long and rather fragile