I'm embarking on this shellac repair with a Franklin Rotary-- off to purchase materials in a moment. Here's the before pic:
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The White FR behind is a donor/parts machine, though when I moved it to the bench I saw that most of the parts don't actually match the Franklin.
The partially disassembled Free behind them is also a parts machine; I saved it from the dump for its irons, but am retrieving spares for my
nicely restored one. I'm planning to go back and French polish the Free eventually; lots of machines on my to do list. :-)