Steve,
I absolutely love your clock designs & have had a great time printing & assembling mine (Large Moon Phase). I'm working on a second one for a gift & decided to replace the metal springs in the ratchet with print in place springs on the clock. Three less pens I have to destroy for their springs. ;) Anyhow I thought I'd share in case you'd be interested in removing some springs from your fantastic design.
Kindest regards,
T.J.
This includes gear 7 without the spring holes.
Beautiful clock! Glad to hear the springs are working for you. I have them in 2 clocks & have been running them for quite a while now without any problems.... yet. :)