I have the opportunity to purchase a '98 VF2 and your videos have been a fantastic introduction to this era of Hass! Thank you for your details and time throughout this process!
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Hi Your very welcome I am glad it has been helpful for you in your journey to buying the old Haas Thanks Marc
@Discodoug7911 ай бұрын
Who are you kidding? We all know you are the real Titan of Essex! Awesome job. Really pleased it worked out.
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
lol cheers mate
@andrewgiles619211 ай бұрын
Boom!
@ransbikes341311 ай бұрын
As the owner of two old Haas VF4's, one of them needing some repairs, your videos are very applicable to me. Very clear and informative content.
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Hi Hopefully they will help you to do what you need to so you can keep them running smoothly
@mapstardamo162411 ай бұрын
Brilliant. Glad all is good and it runs beautifully 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Yeah im well happy with it
@MrAirsoftmodz11 ай бұрын
Sounds good to me, good job! The rebuild of you catch the issue early looks really easy to do. Happy machining
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Thanks Yeah its actually not too bad, helps if you don't bend the spindle with heat lol but all in all it was ok to do Hardest part without a doubt is removing the top spindle pulley
@andrewgiles619211 ай бұрын
Really pleased for you mate!
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Thanks mate
@gorak900011 ай бұрын
That's great the the rebuild seems to be working well. Gives me more confidence when doing mine!
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Thanks, yeah go for it, as said to others, hardest part is removing the spindle pulley then after that its straight forward
@gorak900011 ай бұрын
@@kinzy_fabrications Mine isn't a Haas spindle, so removing the pulley is the easy part, and there's no shrink fit sleeves in it either (there's threaded lock nuts). But my bearings are permanently grease lubricated, so contamination is probably a bigger issue. The "air+oil" flowing through the spindle doesn't seem like the best design decision to me - it's easy to introduce contaminants through either the air or oil supply being fed in. I can see using an air purge out the labyrinth seals to keep anything from getting into the spindle both on the top and the bottom without flowing anything through the bearings, but unless both the air and oil supply is filtered, flowing more matter THROUGH the spindle bearings seems a bit risky. Maybe that's why they don't design them that way anymore?
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Maybe just a good way to sell more replacement spindles lol
@TheTrex600ESP11 ай бұрын
Spindle looks great!
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Thanks
@Erik-rp1hi10 ай бұрын
I think you tester for draw bar force has a certain diameter, surface area piston, so it has to calculate the spring force with the graphs provided. If the piston inside the tool was say 4" dia. the gauge reading would be lower. Much more surface area of the piston in that case.
@kinzy_fabrications10 ай бұрын
Ah ok, thanks for the insight
@BladSG11 ай бұрын
that sounds really nice as it cuts, makes me wonder if our machine at my job has its bearings on their way out
@kinzy_fabrications11 ай бұрын
Thanks, Its run for 2 days solid now and sounds beautiful, it annoys me i didnt do this ages ago
@Panzax14 ай бұрын
Did you find those Hilma Vices used or did you buy new ? Are you happy with them ? I am looking for a pair myself.
@kinzy_fabrications4 ай бұрын
Hi I bought both of the Hilma nc125 vices brand new I also have a pair of Hilma nc160 vices which I bought from an auction
@Panzax14 ай бұрын
@@kinzy_fabrications How do you like them ? I assume you like them since you have two different sets. Are they much better than the rest ? Thanks for answering !
@kinzy_fabrications4 ай бұрын
@Panzax1 Hi No problem I haven’t used every vice out there but compared to the likes of Gerardi, Lang, Kurt then I think these Hilma are in a league of their own but that’s just my opinion
@Panzax14 ай бұрын
@@kinzy_fabrications Thank you ! Very good to have it from someone who used them and not just a salesman :)
@kinzy_fabrications4 ай бұрын
If you buy them definitely get the pre setter for the vice as well, not too expensive but gives you 6 clamp settings