Rolife(Gramophone) - DIY Wooden Puzzle Modern Series (Gramophone)

I have just finished Step 3 of 7 in making the Airship TG407 and what an amazing and phenomenal little puzzle.The package is, as other reviews say, cute almost to the point of amusing and definitely worth 5.Having spent half my working career as a Structural Design Engineer, the concept, design and detail of this puzzle is exceptional. The 2 mm ply wood I found reasonably sturdy, other than the thin long pieces, which as to be expected, are sublte. I cut pieces out to avoid breaking them, something I experienced when making a wood ship model King of the Mississippi a few years ago.Connections are not what I would call a force-fit but are a push-fit. If any force is applied when joining I feel sure there would be breakages. I would recommend using the piece of sandpaper that is supplied with the package to clean the slot or finger. I made a trial fit up before joining pieces, cleaned as necessary and applied a light to medium pressure and they popped in reasonably easy.Handle with extreme care when making the puzzle to avoid breakages.The first few pieces went together very well but the first "vane" (A5) split on the outer layer and had to use the glue unfortunately, other than that all connections were good.Overall a very satisfied customer hoping it will be finished with no problems.. I have another waiting in the wings.

Overall I liked the Merry-Go-Around and assembled in about two hours, at the cost of aching fingertips and a mildly split nail. However, buyers be aware: this is definitely NOT for kids. I’m not sure if it’s just this model, but quite a few pieces simply have teeth that are too large to be inserted into the corresponding openings in other pieces. Case in point: I had to sand 12 A8 pieces, and all four corners of the teeth (so 48 corners in total) to fit them into the top body. A kid would have easily broken the rather delicate wood pieces. Wish the laser cut design would be a bit more— precise. In addition, has to use a lot of strength and put a lot of force on my fingertip to press most of the pieces together. A whole lot harder than Lego for sure. Instructions are relatively easy to understand but then, I’m an engineer. My kid definitely didn’t understand the instructions which are mostly figures with minimal words, just like Lego. I bought another model. I’d say I enjoyed assembling it— wish the merry go around came with music box!

This was a gift For my husband and it was a great day project he really enjoyed it

This was a good way to pass the time. I enjoyed assembling most of it. I broke some parts but there is 1 spare for some smaller parts which is nice. The decorative windows were very annoying to put on and in the end I just left it out. It was annoying but not the most annoying puzzle I've done. And in the end it still looks good! Would recommend but go easy and take breaks, or you will get very annoyed.

This Eiffel tower contains lots of tinny parts compare to other 3D wood models. The model has the same high quality as others but some parts are too small to my hands. I broke one tower area (hopefully it's not very obvious) because the part is too small to put force on it.The finished tower looks GREAT!