Hello Mickey2, thanks very much for your comments. I'm not going to rush, right now, I'm just fumbling my way around, but got my hands on an old "VALLEY" machine, have cleaned her up, just trying to get a shopping list before i go to the shops to grab the items needed. Will use her as my 'guinea pig' to test french polishing.
Have attached images of the machines, it was in a very very sad state and i've cleaned her up multiple times. Do you recognise the machine or have an idea where that machine is from?
Thanks much