Found a way around disassembling the clock. I just removed the pendulum, then I was able to run the clock backwards until it was ready again.
I replaced the small weight with the original one. So it is quite loud and running at about 4X speed. Estimating it will take around 1 .5 hours to be done, and hopefully this will break-in the clock and not outright break it…
Well, I was going to reinstall the original weight and drive-gear, but I found that the pinion on the minute axle had a broken tooth.
I went to clean my lens, before cutting the new pinion and found one of my head wheels broken… So clock progress is going to be delayed until I can get it fixed. 
dang. bad luck.
Interesting… they closed the thread and opened a “trouble ticket email service”. I thought they were the same process?
I have seen them close a thread because they were already communicating via email, but I have not sent or received any email from them and they already closed the forum thread?
If I do not receive an email from them in the next hour, I will follow up with them since they already closed my communication channel with them.
Ouch! 
I suspect that they will need personal information like current mailing etc.
I did finally receive an email from them, and it looks like they did send the email before closing the thread. It just took almost an hour for me to receive that email (that was strange).
They confirmed my shipping address before sending the new part. So hopefully I will be back up and running after a few days waiting.
Well, with my 
down, I decided to look through my cast-off parts to see if I could find something that I might be able to use…
I have several old pinions in there, but I need one with a cross-axle connector and a pin-hole.
I found several with pin-holes, but they were all for the brass axle. I did find one cross-axle pinion, so I might be able to drill a pin-hole…
Or, I will just wait for my part, repair my , and cut a new one…
I just received a delivery for the new wheel!
fixed… (I really just want to take off the afternoon and do this…)
Well… I couldn’t wait.
I took off work a little early and starting going through the steps to repair my !
I was very frustrated at first. I couldn’t find a hex-wrench that would fit. I thought my 1/8" should fit, but 3mm is not close enough to work. Then I found an old bike-tool I had in the garage. I tried it and it fit!
The old wheel looks like it could be repaired (in a pinch). I would just have to be sure glue was sanded down.
(Now I have to get ready, before my wife yells at me…)
Some more things I have learned:
Pay attention to the sounds that your 
makes.
A week ago, I noticed my was sounding slightly different. I just thought it was a sign that I needed to give it a good cleaning. I noticed that the camera was slightly off from calibration too, so I thought maybe grime was building up somewhere.
Nope – broken V-wheel on the carriage plate.
Now that I have fixed the wheel, the alignment issues are gone. I thought it would need recalibration or something, but they are just gone! And, my sounds normal again. All is right in my world again!
But now I am very concerned about those cuts last week… My new clock might be having issues because this broken wheel…
While I was waiting for the replacement part, I started going through my scrap material. I found several pieces of scrap acrylic that I thought could be used for making gears.
So, the first things I cut once I was fixed were new gears out of acrylic!
I did notice that not all the acrylics were the same thickness. So this causes issues with getting the gears to line up properly. But, once I got it all together and and on the wall, it started running immediately.
Later, the clock attempted to self-destruct several times, as the bottom red gear would slide out of alignment and the weight would bounce on the floor. Send the clock into a free-spin as the momentum would try to wind the clock backwards…
Luckily nothing broke during these attempts at self-destruction. But, I did take it down until I can properly wedge the axles to stay aligned.
I wish I had a video of the event. It was quite scary at the time, but also entertaining as I think back on it… (I guess it was only entertaining because no one was injured and the clock wasn’t harmed.)
I think I mentioned this back during the holidays, have you considered barrel bolts, you can get them in either Nickle or Brass, could give it a touch of accent to the face as well.
I am not familiar with barrel bolts, but I will look into those.
Right now I am just trying to get it functional. Though, I feel like it is really close.
Edit: (After a quick search.) I think those would be perfect if I could find the right size!
I don’t know how many times @reynoso mentioned this (two or three at least) and I just kept thinking, “Yeah, I should try that” but never actually did it, until recently.
Now that I have switched the gears to acrylic everything is running so much smoother now (when it is lined up). There is more power coming through the gear-chain, so I could probably reduce the weight or add a pulley system (yeah, that sounds like fun!)
I have determined that I need a table saw! That way I could easily cut down materials. I don’t have a place for it yet, and I have not mentioned anything to the wife yet… so the idea could wither and die, but that is what I think I need! (well… “want”)
Edit: Looking at this one:
https://smile.amazon.com/DEWALT-10-Inch-2-Inch-Capacity-DWE7491RS/dp/B0842QDW95/
Any other recommendations?
I mainly want it to be able to cut down acrylic sheets…
Been there, done that… 
Here’s a link to a table saw I have been looking at just for cutting sh…tuff down myself. It’s a bit pricy but it has a tilting arbor which would help with other projects as well. Oh, I did some research this morning and another name for those barrel bolts is sex bolts. I worked in the fastener industry for a while is how I know about them.
Wow, that is a tiny table saw!
I have the 10" version - it’s not much bigger or more expensive. Worth it for me although if you’re only looking to cut down stuff for the forge you’re probably good with the small model.
The fence is nice & the rack & pinion system helps things stay locked in place.
The company Micro Mark caters to the hobbyist model railroader. They have a lot of really cool micro power tools.
