spokes, it's beautiful!
So I flooded everything with de-greaser spray for car engines (for my 1978 F100 before i sold it)....
But had to double the weight the works the pendulum to about 15 lbs with lead weights from fishing supplies...
The chimes were about 5 lbs of lead..
Both in nice tapered brass canisters .
When I get around to it i will get some sheet brass and fabricate a longer tapered cylinder to accommodate the extra weight for the pendulum mechanism.
Also cut an inch off the pendulum length to get it adjusted to keep good time.
I never made a stand...just mounted the clock box on the wall,,,,(no cats ...dogs ..nor small children to meddle with things)
PS...when the chimes ding..there is a small air paddle that rotates at high speed to control the chimes weight descent.
The clock is smart enough to keep a mechanical memory of the last hour struck.....
So if you wake up in the middle of the night , and want to know what time it is,,,pull on a small string and the clock repeats the last hour struck.
Pretty neat for something over 100 years old that does all this mechanically.
The face of the clock is 10 inches in diameter and the oak box is 18 inches square and 9 inches deep.
Sounds like a nice project. Can you post a picture?