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Thanh

Thanh is our newest member. We had an opportunity to meet him at last month's in-person meetings. It was a pleasure to be able to meet him and we welcome him to our group.

Thanh sent a short write-up about what he has been doing over the last month:

I'm cleaning my Davis VF2 dated ~1901/1902. When I bought the sewing machine, the needle moved freely up and down but the foot didn't advance. So I'm in the middle of cleaning it and trying to free it up. Here are some before pictures and one picture post cleaning. The lever that pushes the need bar is partially unfrozen but needs another day to let the oil soak in. I also still need to clean the half that came off with the face plate. Luckily nothing is frozen there; it just needs a good cleaning.

I saw a video on how to remove the faceplate by leaning the machine on the handwheel so parts don't pop out during disassembly. It wasn't as daunting as it sounds and the faceplate with all the parts came out without much trouble.

Regards,

Thanh









... to be continued