Flexzilla hose whips

[welder4956]

Anyone here making their own flexzilla air tool whips or know where to get some made? I need a few 6 to 8 ft. whips for grinders and burr tools, but just need 1/4" brass male NPT ends. I don't like the ball swivel joints they use on some of them. I see the hose is available in bulk.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

Amazon Hose. NOT a Bezos company.

 

[sweetk30]

i have the tool for doing a factory looking crimp on air hoses with the sleeve that slides over . . . i got it a few years ago as i can NOT stand screw clamps for repairs .

the tool is not cheep but if you do a lot it will pay off . . . if you want i might be look in to making a few for cost and a few bucks for lunch . . .

 

[welder4956]

Amazon Hose. NOT a Bezos company.

Many thanks. I could not find the flexzilla hose on their website though. Got a link to the flexzilla whips?

 

[welder4956]

i have the tool for doing a factory looking crimp on air hoses with the sleeve that slides over . . . i got it a few years ago as i can NOT stand screw clamps for repairs .

the tool is not cheep but if you do a lot it will pay off . . . if you want i might be look in to making a few for cost and a few bucks for lunch . . .

Many thanks. I have thought about that as well. We used to use a kit from Western Enterprises to make up argon and air hoses at work. I may go that route if the type of flexzilla whips I want are not commercially available. Just need to find out what size ferrule to use.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

Many thanks. I could not find the flexzilla hose on their website though. Got a link to the flexzilla whips?

What is so special about Flexilla? Amazon Hose will have a functional substitute. Maybe even a superior alternative. They can crimp on about any hydraulic or pneumatic fitting you can imagine.

 

[welder4956]

What is so special about Flexilla? Amazon Hose will have a functional substitute. Maybe even a superior alternative. They can crimp on about any hydraulic or pneumatic fitting you can imagine.

The flexzilla hose is light and durable while still having a 300 psi rating. If they have something similar that would be fine.

 

[Odd-job]

I got mine from Ace hardware. My local store has a spool of various Flexzilla hoses. No factory crimp though.

 

[NFH2740]

Flexzilla offers aluminum compression fittings. They used to offer aluminum push on fittings; a few liquidators sell what is left of those.

I use brass push on fittings in conjunction with bulk hose to make whips.

 

[Jlarson]

The flexzilla hose cover seems to get real nasty over time, maybe not a problem in a home gamer app but in a heavy equip/industrial setting with lots of grease and oil.

We use a lot of push lock hose so we always have drops to make whips from, plus with push lock fittings no clamps required.

 

[exmaxima1]

Flexzilla offers aluminum compression fittings. They used to offer aluminum push on fittings; a few liquidators sell what is left of those.

Yes, and I see no reason not to use them. They're cheap and perfect fit for the hose.

 

[welder4956]

The flexzilla hose cover seems to get real nasty over time, maybe not a problem in a home gamer app but in a heavy equip/industrial setting with lots of grease and oil.

We use a lot of push lock hose so we always have drops to make whips from, plus with push lock fittings no clamps required.

Thanks, I agree and would never want to use it in an industrial setting either. It is fine for what I use if for at home though.

 

[welder4956]

Flexzilla offers aluminum compression fittings. They used to offer aluminum push on fittings; a few liquidators sell what is left of those.

I use brass push on fittings in conjunction with bulk hose to make whips.

Thanks, I will give the flexzilla fittings a try.

 

[vwpieces]

I use Otiker style clamps like the Stainless steel ones used for PEX. And a PEX crimper. Has a small protruding ear but way better than screw style hose clamps. Cheapest solution because I already have the PEX crimper. If you decide on this route I can see what diameter clamps you need.

 

[PoorUB]

The flexzilla hose cover seems to get real nasty over time, maybe not a problem in a home gamer app but in a heavy equip/industrial setting with lots of grease and oil.

We use a lot of push lock hose so we always have drops to make whips from, plus with push lock fittings no clamps required.

Pretty hard to beat industrial hose like Aeroquip and push on fittings. I have air hoses in my shop that are still in good shape and pushing 40 years old.

I have a 50 foot Flexilla. I am curious if it will be around in 10 years, but I just use it for home remodeling projects.

 

[sweetk30]

Pretty hard to beat industrial hose like Aeroquip and push on fittings. I have air hoses in my shop that are still in good shape and pushing 40 years old.

I have a 50 foot Flexilla. I am curious if it will be around in 10 years, but I just use it for home remodeling projects.

still using my flexzilla in shop on the legacy auto real after it was purchased new and installed 12/8/2012 . its got welding spatter heat marks . just got a scratch but no real damage or puffing . and overspray from a paint job .

 

[bsaint]

I hated my flexzilla I threw mine out

 

[Jlarson]

I use Otiker style clamps like the Stainless steel ones used for PEX. And a PEX crimper. Has a small protruding ear but way better than screw style hose clamps. Cheapest solution because I already have the PEX crimper. If you decide on this route I can see what diameter clamps you need.

We keep SUR&R HC102 clamp kits around. I use the one I have in my service truck all the time fixing lines on normal barbs.

https://surrauto.com/kits/hc102/

Pretty hard to beat industrial hose like Aeroquip and push on fittings. I have air hoses in my shop that are still in good shape and pushing 40 years old.

I have a 50 foot Flexilla. I am curious if it will be around in 10 years, but I just use it for home remodeling projects.

Yeah we're slowly transitioning all our hoses to push lock. We're doing all our 1/2"x25' hoses we use to run 3/4" guns a lot, PVC or regular red hose gets torn up quick.

 

[PoorUB]

Yeah we're slowly transitioning all our hoses to push lock. We're doing all our 1/2"x25' hoses we use to run 3/4" guns a lot, PVC or regular red hose gets torn up quick.

Forty years ago that push on hose was nearly $2 a foot and I thought I was crazy. It was a good decision! It was used for five years in a mechnics shop, then I closed the shop and have been using it in my home shop for years.