Vise Maintenance = Good Parts - Haas Automation Tip of the Day

This TOD addresses a very straight forward topic. Cleaning and maintaining your vise is an important step that most of us unfortunately neglect more often than not. Mark shows us just how easy it is to get this done and have a little peace of mind about our vise longevity and proper part clamping.

TOD - Mill Soft Jaws (where we show basic cleaning steps)

TOD - How To Square Your Vise

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Kurt DX-6 Vise Operators Manual:

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[thomashenderson]

I could watch Mark take out the rubbish and still find it interesting!

[rushyahr]

I love watching these videos for their ASMR value

[vijayantgovender]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos I am watching from South Africa

[MakeItWithCalvin]

Pro tip, keep a spare set of O-rings on hand. Grease/coolant will soften them over time and they may break during re-assembly. They are only a few dollars at McMaster.

It is not a fun task, but you do notice a change in the performance before/after a rebuild.

[felixf]

Excellent video. I really need to do this.

[Mark-nftg]

That mill is exactly the one i am learning on right now. Its been 20 years since i operated a cnc (mazac turning centers/mazatrol) so g-code on a mill is a very different animal.

[geo]

Good video but you missed something about the set screw in the moving jaw. Kurt only uses one set screw in their vises, but I've seen many Kurt clone vises that use two set screws - one inside for adjustment and one outside to lock the inner one. And this is not at all obvious, if you don't know.
Also, I would tighten that set screw more than Mark did - I don't want that moving jaw lifting at all, but not so tight that the moving jaw doesn't move smoothly. Thank-you Mark and Haas for these excellent videos.

[AlexMageethefirst]

This is why i use gerardi vices. more expensive up front but much better made, the floating jaw assembly is solid.

[thotapraveenbabu]

Hello Mark please make a complete video on G41 and G42 in turning I am waiting from very long time.... thank you HAAS

[JarppaGuru]

1:56 who made that pocket. yuak!
same vice for 10 year 0 maintenance. so is your kurt vice good? lol

[AlphaSierra]

Is this a reupload? I swear I just watched this yesterday :) I appreciate ya'll attention to exception detail.

[egx]

What grease is that you’re using? Mobil??

[Afraidof]

How to replace the brush seal in the nut?

[Orlov-Lvovskiy]

Thank you for your new video. Plese, doing russian subtitre.

[VictorHernandez-nttw]

I was hoping to see a red HAAS vise, my favorite color, but was disappointed. Lol jk Mark.