I had to adjust the hour and minute hand's holes to snuggly fit the clock mechanism that I bought on Amazon.
Figured this will save someone the time it took me to tinker with this.
Here is a link to the clock mechanism I bought (5/8): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T7HHJR2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The author remixed this model.