Myford svarv Super 7, och det Brittiska Undret.

Tror inte att det finns en trevligare svarv än MyFord, den Brittiska klenoden.
Man kan undra vad det är som gör den speciell, kanske jämn och fin gång, eller proportionerna i designen.

När jag var pojke på 1960-talet, hade alla pojkar luftgevär - och det bästa man kunde ha var ett BSA.
BSA stod för Birmingham Small Arms, inte British Small Arms som vi trodde den gången.

När man blev lite äldre vrimlade det med Brittiska bilar i Sverige, vi äldre minns alltjämt hundkojan och Ford Anglia med den felvända bakrutan, med flera.

Under 1950 och 1960 talen skedde det helt enkelt ett Brittiskt Industri-under, precis som i Tyskland.
Det växte fram en ny slags industri, kriget var slut var folk entusiastiska inför framtiden.

Men åter till MyFord svarvarna, fabriken startades 1934, i Beeston som ligger i Nottinghamshire.

Myford Super 7 började tillverkas 1953, kriget var slut, landet och industrin skulle byggas upp igen.

I början av 1959-talet tillverkade man redan en svarv i samma storlek - som kallades ML7.

I april 1953 tillverkades de första Super `7`, modellen som skulle komma att tillverkas ända fram i våra dagar med diverse ändringar.

Super `7`an var en utveckling av ML7, bland annat fick den från början bättre och kraftigare lager.
Super 7an fick koniska bronslager vid chucken, som kunde justeras, i motsats till de cylindriska lagren på ML7. På drivsidan sitter kullager på 7an.

Givetvis har det skett en hel del  stora och små förändringar, och fortfarande är Super 7 ett mycket populärt val för den som vill ha en svarv i denna storlek.    


Min Myford har spenderat 10 år i malpåse nu, och jag inser att jag inte kommer att få mer nytta av den.
Tyvärr måste min MyFord Super 7 hitta ett nytt hem.
Har vi någon entusiast därute i landet ?   Skriv gärna ett meddelande i kommentarsfältet nedan,
Har du egna erfarenheter av Myford svarvar - kommentera gärna.

Min MyFord saknar underredet, när jag använde den stod den på ett stabilt men klumpigt underrede.
Det var inget orginal, utan tillverkat av bland annat ett verkstadsskåp, som förstärkts.

Tyvärr tog jag aldrig något foto av svarven när den var igång, utan vi får nöja oss med bilder på den idag.

Actionman Vladimir Putin

Sometimes I wish we had one ( 1 ) politician like Vladimir Putin in Sweden.
But we dont have a single one,
The short film you can see on youtube by following the link below is one of my favorites
Please copy and paste in your browser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI96yzKHqY8

Factories are being closed down one after the other here in Sweden, this seems to be one way of dealing with the problem.

On the second day of Christmas.

On the second day of Christmas, on the 26th of December 2014, I was enjoying the good company of my wife and our son and his family.  Having a good time.

But not everyone was taking a day off.
In Russia they were busy testing the RS-24 Yars, an ICBM - or a InterContinental Ballistic Missile.
This solid fuel missile has a operating range of some 7500 miles !
And it is a mobile system ! 

Let it be said that they do not celebrate Christmas at the same time as we do in Western Europe. Since the Russian Orthodox church still use the Julian calender.
I believe there is a time difference of some 13 days.

So they did not do this testing of the RS-24 missile in between Christmas parties. 
When the test took place, they still had almost 2 weeks to get the Xmas presents.

President Putin stated, a month ago - in November - that these missiles can penetrate any missile shield !

I am not saying that this keeps me awake in the night - but Russian Federation, and Mr. Putin are really flexing their muscles.

Let us hope it stays with that - I wish you all a Happy New Year.

Russian December Campaign 2014

December 2014,when visiting IndianPrime Minister Narenda Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed helping India to build 10 new nuclear reactors.
And not only nuclear power, the two countries will also work together when building hydroelectric power dams. 
Russia will also supply India with oil and gas, giving India a much needed boost in energy supply.
Since trouble in Ukraine made Russian cooperation with the West more difficult, Russia have turned to countries like India and China.

It may look good for Mr. Putin to find new markets like this for Russian energy technology, and of course it is. The rubel has been seriusly affected by the much limited trade Russia are seeing westwards.

But, there is also problems in this relation. Indias choice of buying French fighter aircrafts, and American helicopters, is not to Putins liking.
Probably India has been informed that Russian defence industrie will be more than happy to supply all kinds of defence equipment to the Indian military.  

The Power of Siberia GTS.

The building of the huge pipeline from the middle of Sibirea to China is well on its way.

The deal with China was signed May the 21, on May 23 the contract for building of the pipeline was signed.

Welding the first joints of this pipeline are planned to August this year, Gazprom and Russia has no time to lose.

The pipline is called The Power of Siberia, sometimes with GTS in the end.

GTS simply means Gas Transportion Systems. 

The Power of Siberia will go all the way to Khabarovsk, where existing pipelines will take the gas further - for instance to Vladivostok.

Vladivostok is a great place if you want to sell gas to Japan and South Korea. 

The town of Blagoveshchensk is situated nearby the border to China, this is the most likely point to transport the gas into China.

On the other side of the border China will build the pipeline to take the gas on to Chinese factories and consumers.

The $ 400 billion Shanghai LNG gas deal.

Starting in 2018 Russia shall begin to deliver Siberian gas to China, until 2048.

This will call for a new pipeline from Siberia to the big Chinese cities along the coast.

This will also be a big break-through for Chinas war against pollution, a much needed action. 

Russia will build the pipeline to the Chinese border, and China will build what is needed within China.

Vladivostok will be the centre in Russia, and the city will see a large new LNG plant. 

The Russian politician Alexei Pushkov said this shows that the USA and EU are not able to isolate Russia...

The contract was signed on May 21, 2014, by Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counter part Xi Jinpeng in Shanghai.  

The price of this russian gas is not disclosed, but should be somewhere around $ 350 per thousand cubic metres.

This is a big deal moneywise for Russia, but still Western Europe and Turkey are buying 4 or 5 fold what China will be buying.

The biggest value is probably all the PR for Russia and for Putin.

The conflict with EU and also USA did speed up closing this deal - talks have been going on for almost 10 years.

Now when the deal is closed Putin will be pleased, he showed Mrs Merkel and Mr Obama that he still have friends - in new places.

The Chinese will also be pleased - this gasdeal will most likely be more economical than existing contracts.  

Water war on Putin, and the Crimean peninsula.

Ukraine is hitting The Crimean peninsula, and Putin, with what they have -  water supplies !

Just like Russia can ( and have done ) trottle the gas to some neigbouring countries.

Just like gas for heating your home, also water is necessary to us all. 

On the Crimean peninsula, drinking water and water for farming is in short supply.

The soon to be famous north Crimean Canal takes water from the big Dnieper river to the peninsula, something like 400 km.

This single canal is said to supply some 80% of the water used on the Crimean peninsula.

Funny how often the 80 - 20% is used.

It so happens that 80% of the Russian gas transported to western European passes through pipelines across Ukraine soil.    

Following the tense relations Ukraine decided to cut down on the water in the canal - from the normal 80 - 90 cubic meters, all the way down below 10 cubic meters. Some say this is the lowest possible level for the North Crimean canal.

To the farmers producing rice, grapes and other crops are now facing a shortage of water.

Amonst many Russians the Americans and NATO is something unknown and bad, it is like someone you would use to scare the kids...

The economy of the Crimean peninsula is going to be hit by this water shortage in the short run, more or less.
In the long run there will efforts made to solve the water supply - like new wells ( if possible ) and maybe a pipeline from Russia.

There is a lot of water surrounding the peninsula - desalting sea water is one way. Ok, a bit costly for farming water - but ok for drinking water.

Russia will try and solve this problem as soon as possible, stating that there will be no problem to get drinking water. Water for farming is more difficult, to start with, farmers on the peninsula will be compensated for their losses - not a 100%, but still compensated.

Putin is now more popular than ever, since he brought back the Crimean peninsula to Russia, he should be very pleased.

To move on and try a take over of all of Ukraine - would not add much to his popularity in Russia, but it would affect his image world wide in a bad way. 



Addition 20:th of Maj
Yesterday we heard that Putin has ordered his troops back from the area nearby the Ukraine border.
Also he goes to Shanghai himself yesterday, a move to take the focus from the Crimea affaire ?

Turning to China is a way of taking the edge of any threats of isolation from Western Europe, USA and many more countries.

Then, it would be a great thing if China could use some Russian natural gas, in stead of burning all that coal...
The smoke from Chinese powerplants powered by coal do travel a long way.

I dont like to talk badly about coal - but burning coal does take a certain amount of cleaning the fumes / smoke. 
It does not seem like the cleaning devices are working on all Chinese powerplants, - judging from reports about pollution in Chinese cities.