Hey, thanks for the reply,
yeah... i do realize that the clock animation is a bit advanced to be jumping into,lol. I've been looking into a tutorial on how to create a piston, and been trying to get that working.
one of the big problems i've been having can be found in a piston in fact. that problem being to get multiple joints to a single piece, like the connecting rod between the piston and the crank shaft.
Anyways, thanks for the suggestions,
Mike