ROKR3D Wooden Puzzles Gramophone for Adults - DIY Mechanical Model Kit 1:1 Replica Record Player Support 7"/10" Vinyl Building Gift Hobbies for Adults Home Decor

One of the larger pieces, this one takes up some room on the shelf. The “leaves” of the -phone part of the Gramaphone are a bit tricky to set right but you don’t notice unless you specifically look for it. Some of the pieces are very delicate to be careful popping them out. Took about 4-6 hours to assemble while watching tv (this is like my 20th one of these so you may take shorter/longer).

This was one of the more challenging ROKR puzzles I've done, but it was still easy to follow along. It can definitely be tiring to listen to a whole 45, but it plays anything that fits. Though the 45 speed wheel ended up being too fast, the 33 speed actually works perfect for the 45s. I love that you can plug it in for an assist, but I originally thought that it would play on its own but it's fully hand-cranked.

I found this to be pretty tricky to put together in some spots. However, after assembly, the needle sits too high and doesn't meet the record well in order to play. I'm sure it's something in the way I put it together and I will take it apart soon and fine tune it. It turns well and the speaker seems to function ok. It's not the clearest sound for sure.

I am still working on this, which is good, because that means it is challenging. I saw reviews where people stated the pieces are fragile and broke; however, the instructions state when something is fragile and so I haven't had a broken piece yet. The gears work great! Can't wait to hear music once I install the horn. Very good looking also.

This is my 4th "wooden puzzle" (I don't know why they're called puzzles as you simply assemble a finished product from gazillion small pieces, wood, plastic, metal, some electronics components, and whatever else). It's a record player (for those of you who don't know what gramophone is). It includes a vinyl record which sounds like it was recorded in the 19th century (another point for authenticity!).There are many different variations of this product as they tweaked the design quite a few times. I think there're different companies making this one too (unless they created multiple brands for marketing purposes). The one that I have you can make work by either cranking it or plugging into USB power source and then it plays by itself. There's a small switch which allows you to switch between the 2 modes. Cranking arm is very short and the thing itself is very small so it's difficult to crank without having the gramophone vibrating and jumping which leads to the needle flying all over the record, sometimes damaging it. When you plug it into power source it sounds better but I guess it's technically not gramophone anymore :)It can only play small records (there were 3 or 4 different diameters for vinyl records, it can only play the smallest one due to its small size). The one included with the set includes 3 musical pieces.There is a way to make it play the records at different speeds by changing one or two parts, the gramophone has a small compartment where you keep the replacement parts. I haven't tried it though as I only tried the one record it came with.I typically gift myself one at New Year and then spend most of the year putting this together. This one is the most challenging of all the ones I've done, and it took me until December (it was a busy year too though so it's not like I put in 2000 hours). I got stuck a few times but there are plenty of videos on YT on assembling it which helped. In the end it somewhat works and you can hear the music even when cranking, and when you plug it into power source it works fine. I never had a gramophone or even heard it but I would imagine it sounds very authentic, ie very staticky and noisy :)I highly recommend this set for adults or very advanced teenagers with plenty of free time and close to unlimited amount of patience :) Assembly requires a lot of attention and can be frustrating at times but putting the thing together and watching it work is very rewarding. I always try to work on these while my kids are around so that they can see how things work on the inside.Looking forward to getting a few more of these, they are very well made and work and look very good.

I can't get enough of these. They are my favorite. I love that it comes with a record and plays it either by winding it up or plugging it in. Small and delicate pieces so be careful but a food puzzle to do in an afternoon.

Fun to make but will not keep turning. You musk keep cranking for the record to turn.

Love these models. A lot of fun to build them