Restoring old movements - pitfalls to avoid...

[spade_lt]

Do not try to remove old (radioactive?) lume from steel hands by immersing them for a week in acetone...
Steel hands will dissolve

[atkin68]

How did it go, any luck in finding an escape wheel?

Alas, no. I bought a small lot of random escape wheels on eBay hoping to get lucky but did not. I've got another lot of random wheels coming now, so I'll try those too.