Just stripped and cleaned another clock movement. This is one from a few years back that sat languishing in a drawer, an ebay purchase that never quite got as far as being finished. I fished it out and it was pretty gross, so I gave it a quick wipe and saw that at least some oil would come off the brass plates. The plates took 25 minutes in the ultrasonic cleaner and now mostly shine. The parts that were a dull dark gray are now nice and shiny brass and steel. Tomorrow's job is to get the springs out of the barrels, clean it all up and reassemble it.
This one is going to be a bigger project than the previous one. The previous one was a complete clock that just needed to be stripped, cleaned, reassembled and lubricated. This one doesn't have a case, a pendulum (I need to work out how long to make it, then make it), or hands. So it could keep me out of trouble for a while to come. I don't know what I'm going to do with it once it's complete, I may keep it as a memento but I may also look to sell it. My wife gets annoyed at having too many chiming and striking clocks in the house. Maybe when the basement is finished as my man cave it will live down there, along with many many others.