Monowheel

Model Size 18.5 * 9.5 * 16 cm
Number of parts 300
Estimated build time 3 hours

PDF Manual HERE

We hope you had missed unusual and special mechanical models, because here comes the Monowheel rolling in to join your Ugears collection!

Browsing through old photo archives, we found an image of a fun and clever transportation device invented in the early twentieth century. This was a single wheel with one driver-passenger who looked so pleased with himself as he sat on his peculiar vehicle that we couldn’t help but design one for our collection as well.

We expanded our research to find out more about unicycle mechanisms and found machines that needed no driver at all and were invented for warfare, covered in lots of armor. What really inspired us was a similar approach to transmission used in all prototypes from the 1860s onward: a moving outer element with a stationary mechanism inside.

Our peaceful spirit, striving mainly for creation and curiosity, combined the best of the two prototypes and so today we can proudly present to you: the all-wood mechanical Monowheel!

No armor shell is included – your new Monowheel is designed in skeleton-steampunk style and lets you enjoy delightfully good views of all the moving, rotating gears. Despite its airy, d