That’s good to hear Cdragon!
I think you may have sent up a red flag for Paul in the U.K. and others in Europe when you mentioned ‘bending’ in your first post. Most of the clocks they see over there use solid crutches, hangers and rods that shouldn’t need any kind of bending. Adjustments are generally made through some type of clutching mechanism and hooks to hang a bob from don’t need to be bent into the rod… unlike most production American clocks that are more or less pliable and where the spring and wire rod are one unit. 
Enjoy!
Bob