Thanks, Steve. I wrote to the forum hoping to pester someone else! I know you are busy. When I read "swap gears" it reminded me of the metric to inch "change gears" I used to keep in a bread pan on my lathe. That was a piece of cake. I will let this go cor now and just enjoy the clock! If the shorter pendulum bothers me I just won't wind it! If I want a sedately paced noise maker I can use the longer pendulum. I might just start from scratch. Thanks, again, Doug.