Washers might do the trick. The legs are kind of odd-shaped (“ornate”), though, so a surface about 1″ on a side would be better I think. I was thinking wooden “shims” like are used for leveling door/window frames might do the trick. And if I knew more, there are also internal balance adjustments to put the clock back “on beat” that can be done.

The clock has been running now for 24 hours, which is about 12 hours longer than the first time I got it started. If it is still going by the weekend, I’ll assume the balancing is the trick I needed and look at a more permanent solution. Then I need to correct its “gonging”: currently, it isn’t striking the correct hour. Supposedly that is easy to fix, though, as most older clocks have friction-drive hour hands, and you just manually reposition the hour hand to correct the problem. I must admit that I’m sort of enjoying “playing” with my clock- I want to learn more.

I have bought a “how to repair clocks” DVD set from a master clock repairer, so I’m thinking I might start looking for busted antique clocks and putting together a set of tools so I can go through the process of attempting to fix a few. Not that I’ll ever be very skilled at it, but I’d like to know enough so that basic things about the mechanism and simple “tune ups” aren’t a mystery to me. Oddly, I’m not interested in working on electric or digital clocks- it is the old mechanical ones that appeal to me.