Hose whips

[Freakazooid52]

My bay I use at the dealership I work at has a hose reel fed with 1/2" hose to a 50ft 1/2" hose on a reel with a quick disconnect for my tools

I dont need a 1/2 hose and its hard to manuever a air ratchet with this thing attached in tight spaces.

If I put a 3/8" sized hose whip on the 1/2" hose would the air supply suffer enough to affect my tools performance?

the air tools I use are 1/2" and 3/8 impacts and air ratchets.

 

[Outlawmws]

Unless you are running them at the edge of capacity for your use now, I doubt it as long as you keep the length reasonable. I would think 10-15 ft would give you enough slack.

 

[rayh91]

You should be fine. If you need the extra power then disconnect the whip.

 

[shampoop]

get a flexzilla whip, you won't regret it. Extremely flexible and lightweight.

 

[diesel research]

get a flexzilla whip, you won't regret it. Extremely flexible and lightweight.

Do you have one for each tool? That would get mighty expensive, that would be atleast $150 for me.

 

[shampoop]

Do you have one for each tool? That would get mighty expensive, that would be atleast $150 for me.

lol, hell no. I just have one with a male fitting one one side and a female on the other. Just makes using the die grinder and air ratchet much more enjoyable.

Do you have a whip screwed directly into each of your tools? I realize that would give you better clearance, and be a little nicer, just expensive and annoying for storage.

 

[rlitman]

I put these on a lot of my tools (any one that has its own oiler or regulator):
http://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eighth-inch-x-2-1-2-half-ft-swivel-whip-hose-98940.html
It lets me keep an inline oiler close enough to the tool to be of use, but far enough that it doesn't weigh my hand down.

 

[diesel research]

lol, hell no. I just have one with a male fitting one one side and a female on the other. Just makes using the die grinder and air ratchet much more enjoyable.

Do you have a whip screwed directly into each of your tools? I realize that would give you better clearance, and be a little nicer, just expensive and annoying for storage.

I don't have any. I don't want the airflow loss of adding a second set of fittings, plus with quick connects screwed into each tool, I don't get a clearance benefit.

Now if I had one and a swivel on each tool, this would be awesome! but at $30 for a swivel (not the ball type) and whip hose, that ain't happening (unless I figured out a cheap way to make my own whips from bulk hose) Not to mention what you said about storing them. (I'd want a side locker or something)

 

[rlitman]

I only use a whip on tools that see continuous operation, which I have an inline oiler on (DA sanders, and a multitool)
My DA sanders have a self generating vacuum, and a dust collection hose. I keep the whip velcro'd to that hose, so it's not a big deal to store.

Most everything else, I don't use whips, because of the storage issue.

What do you have against ball swivels? I love them, and have switched most of my QD male fittings to the ball swivel type.

 

[shampoop]

I have something like this
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TFE7Z2/?tag=atomicindus08-20
3/8" with 1/4" npt fittings.

The benefit is in the fact that the whip itself is much more flexible than normal air hose (no benefit if you already use a full flexzilla air hose) Plus it has the built in swivel.

If there is any restriction there for use with a normal die grinder or air ratchet, it's very minimal and totally worth it IMO. And if you can use milton v style high flow fittings, I'm pretty sure the only thing causing a restriction would be the ball swivel.

 

[Danglerb]

Whats the pressure on the 1/2 hose?

I would get 10' of decent flex and just try it. HF has the orange stuff from Goodyear for less than $20. Buy 25', cut it in half and use one piece for each of the main tools.

 

[Welderguy24]

I have one of these on all of my most frequently used tools (impacts, die grinders, air hammer) and i swear by them. At first glance they look spendy to outfit every tool with but they are worth their weight in gold IMO.

I have mostly Mac ones, but there are bluepoint ones also and Milton makes some but I tried them and they start leaking after a while.

Picture of 3/8", I use 1/4" but had no picture.

 

[diesel research]

I have one of these on all of my most frequently used tools (impacts, die grinders, air hammer) and i swear by them. At first glance they look spendy to outfit every tool with but they are worth their weight in gold IMO.

I have mostly Mac ones, but there are bluepoint ones also and Milton makes some but I tried them and they start leaking after a while.

Picture of 3/8", I use 1/4" but had no picture.

Snao on guy has some but won't sell them to me! Keeps trying to tell me to get the ball swivel ones.

Nothing "wrong" with ball swivel, they just don't offer the same clearance. Sometimes you almost need a straight 90* right off the gun. (I could just use a elbow, but sometimes you don't want it either)

Since I do not work on light duty cars, that means I do not use a lift with 6ft of space between my tool and the floor. Many times I might have to angle the tool off to the side and the tool/air fitting is still touching the floor. Nature of the beast in most big truck shops.

 

[rlitman]

The ball swivels only angle around 45 degrees, but are much less restrictive than that style (because in that one, the air has to make two tight right angles).

I've got a couple of those, for where the connection really needs that kind of range of motion (my air router comes to mind), but generally the ball swivels fit my needs. They may still let the hose bend some, but have enough flex to keep my connections from hissing, or my coil hoses from kinking.

 

[Will Wrench]

Snao on guy has some but won't sell them to me! Keeps trying to tell me to get the ball swivel ones.

Nothing "wrong" with ball swivel, they just don't offer the same clearance. Sometimes you almost need a straight 90* right off the gun. (I could just use a elbow, but sometimes you don't want it either)

Since I do not work on light duty cars, that means I do not use a lift with 6ft of space between my tool and the floor. Many times I might have to angle the tool off to the side and the tool/air fitting is still touching the floor. Nature of the beast in most big truck shops.

Prevost make a great swivel too, have used about 6 years and does not leak. And it has teflon on the threads