So I took the pendulum off the clock to allow the gears to run fast with the weight. And they didn't. I would spend the escapement gear and it would stop in a few seconds. So obviously there is bad friction somewhere. I took the whole clock apart checked everything put it back together fund the escapement gear and again it wouldn't go for more than a second or two. So then I started thinking about the frame and I loosen the frame quite a bit and sure enough everything started spinning crazy. So either I have the metal rods too short or too long as something is causing a friction that bad for nothing to turn. Here's a video showing when I loosen the frame as you can see in at the bottom screw is quite a ways out in order for it to finally spin.
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That shows you where to focus your debug.
Make sure every gear stack has some end shake. The pre-assembly checks on page 37 show the most important gear stacks to check. There is always a risk that a gear stack can get pinched by the frame when there are 4-5 components stacked. If each gear is slightly oversized in Z, it adds up until they get pinched.
Also, the escapement arbor should not be too long. Gear 3 is solidly connected to the arbor, so the arbor must be allowed to spin freely in the frame.