Magnet Dust Port Adapters 

Plans available for these adapters. www.ringsworkshop.com/plans/magnet-dust-port-adapters

The key thing I learned in the video is that stacking magnets can increase the pull strength. Combine this with the overhead hose and you have a super brilliant idea. Keep these videos coming!

Great idea 👍, one main problem I see with your design is that the magnets are mounted directly to the hose clamp. If you accidentally vacuum a metal object, it will get stuck in your hose due to magnetic force and cannot come out without removing the hose clamp. The solution: Test how strong your magnets are and how far their pulling force extends on a very light metal object. Then measure this distance of pulling force and place a spacer between the hose clamp and the magnet on the hose clamp itself. Second thougth: if you buy barrel chaped magnets and let, one side of the adapter, the magnets stick out of the wood and on the other side you sink them in, you will have a better connetion, by eliminating the sheeringforce, and you get a physical connetion. this is extreamly usefull if you mount a CNC dustshoe with your solution, because magnetic force is only strong in the direktion of the other magnet itself and week against sheeringforce. greetings from Ruhrpott-Germany 🙂

I watch a ton of woodworking videos because I can't afford to go to woodworking school. I have found you to be one of the most innovative woodworkers out there. I learn something very cool and useful every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you for the inspiration.

This is one of those ideas that people smack their heads for not thinking of it. Simply genius. I bought some magnets recently bc I plan to build a removable dust collection enclosure for my Delta 36-725T2, but I will now build this first. I’ve been thinking of suspending hoses in my garage so they’re out of the way and my wife can still pull her car in when I’m done working, but hadn’t thought of magnets there. You should consider productizing and selling these. You’d have a market.

I've watched thousands of woodworking videos and this is seriously the first one I've shared. Genius. And the drill press dust collection, please. Haven't seen anyone really pull that off very well yet.

I hope you keep putting out content. I've enjoyed the 2 so far. Smart idea w/ the dust collection magnets. I may try this myself.

This is awesome, I like how in the beginning the magnets got you. They're tricky things, their like, "Oh I'm just gonna lay here" then, BAM it finds a partner and snaps together. We want all videos at once like netflix does, otherwise the doggy ramp.

You have just saved me from a difficult vacuum setup in my shop. With this idea, instead of having 40’ of PCCC around the room, I can do it with 10’. Brilliant!

Perfect. This is exactly what I have been looking for. I hate all the adapters. Keep the videos coming. Thanks for taking the time to make them

I now have my next shop project! Great idea! I really appreciate your video format. It is simple yet concise. Thanks!

That's a great temporary hanging solution. I'm already planning things for my shop. Having worked with magnets a lot in my metal building/workshop, I got some good chuckles out of this video. I've had my share of pinches from strong magnets.

I've seen some ridiculously expensive ones of these for sale. Good to know that 4 magnets is enough to prevent leaks. Off to make some of these now!

Freakin brilliant!!! So simple & you nailed it with the 3 “problems” with current hoses. Before this video I watched the video of you building the flip top bench and immediately subscribed.....then I watched this video and feel confident your videos are going to be very informative and insightful (no pressure😉). Keep up the great work.

Love it! Simple design, efficient in application, and effective in performance. Perfect!!

This was probably the best idea for dust port collection. Thanks for taking the time to make this video for all of us out there working in our garages. I was gonna ask what dust collection system you had then I saw you answered. Thanks again!

Very clever solution. I will have to incorporate this into my dust collection. Thanks for sharing.

After learning what was done here, has me looking at my current dust collection set up in a whole new light. There just had to be a better way and here it is. Drill press collection next please.

That is a awesome idea. I use my garage as my wood shop so this will improve my work a lot. I don't know why haven't I thought that before... Thanks for sharing it.

The simplicity and functionality are equally brilliant. Placing my order for your dust port adapters, magnets, etc now. I'm a beginner woodworker and my space is limited to a tiny 1 car garage. These ideas will definitely help in laying out my shop. You may just be my new favorite RU-vidr. Seriously, thanks!

Thank you for such an outstanding presentation. This is one of the most innovative solutions I have encountered.

Jeez, guy, you're really consistent at coming up with great ideas and executing them in a first rate manner. This is the third of your videos I've watched in two days, two of them for the second time without realizing they are all one "body of work". Well done!

This is the first time I have seen any of your videos and you have me hooked. Brilliant idea for dust extraction with using what's at hand and spending a little money. I'm building a workshop now myself and you solved allot of my problems with your solution . Drops the cost allot for me with all the adaptors I would have to get. Great content.

Yes! A brilliant solution to a big problem. Building my shop now and this will be a feature to be included. Thank you for testing and finding the pitfalls and best methods. Subscribed!

As a beginner in woodworking I must say I have been watching lots of woodworking videos online especially on RU-vid - You my friend is the real deal! Keep it up please, I love the way you go about finding solutions to your woodworking projects which in essence help beginners like me. Thank you so much! Maximus

Dude, I have been watching a lot of people over the last year as a beginner woodworker who has inherited a shop in disrepair. You are now my absolute favorite. Planning the wood shop using your plans and dust collection tips... Keep it going and yes, I would buy a kit from you that does this!

Great Idea! Just starting to set up a small shop. Gonna try this. Thx

Very well done and highly informative. The magnetic connections are exactly what I need for my small basement shop! Thank You!

Great job, perfect solution to my dustport problem, thanks a million 😀

This is freaking brilliant!

I am just looking a dust extraction this has now change how I was going to connect everything. Brillant idea thanks I think you just saved me a load of money and hassle

Great idea with the magnets. Enjoy your work, so please keep it up. Looking forward to the next installment.

This is a great idea~!! I'm going to have to look into incorporating this solution in my shop. Thanks much~!

Good Job mate, never thought of making my own, makes complete sense.

This is the perfect remedy for my nearly completed dust system, an excellent idea and video, Thank you so much.

This is one of the freshest ideas for a DIY shop that is a real solution for the person that makes a lot of dust but isnt necessarily running production constantly or doesnt want to invest in running permanent pipes. I have been doing woodworking my whole life and have been looking for just such a solution. You have a new subscriber.

The best ideas are always the most obviously simple ones. This is no exception. Genius!!

First time I've seen your channel and guess what I'M IMPRESSED I watch lots of woodworking channels and rate you in with the best

Another great video and idea! Keep up the amazing work. This channel should be way bigger than it is.

Genius! Thanks for sharing and a great video! I’m in the process now of setting up a dust collection system for the first time and I will be adding both ideas.

THIS is the best idea have seen for dust collection connections - will be making some of these, thanks for sharing,

you have got some great ideas for working with a small space, easy subscribe

Nicely done, young man! This is an answer to "how" I will be elevating my dust collection hose(s) to new hights. THX

Just subbed from the breakdown of your workbench. 2nd video I've watched. Very articulate, great job showing us what you are doing, camera angles, everything is awesome. I like all five of the upcoming videos. I'd say Storage>Frames>Drill Press>Dog ramp>Sand Paper for me. Keep up the great content!

I am glad this video showed up. It's absolutely ingenious. I gotta run out now and inventory my options.

First time viewer here. I really appreciate your approach talking about potential failures, and while being unintentionally hilarious, really drives the point home that not every project goes perfectly, and you can always learn something from each build. Great job! (edit)

Excellent solution, makes sense. Greetings from Germany

Die beste Idee, die ich bisher gesehen habe. Thank You very much!

Very timely. Was looking for just such a solution. Thanks!

Brilliant! Love this idea. Thanks for thinking outside of the port attachment :)

That's a geat solution. I'm having these troubles with my major hose also. With this idea I can put it everywhere. Thanks for sharing. 💪

Excellent!!! I have been using magnets in the shop to keep power cords out of the way, to keep adjusting tools attached to the machine it belongs to and I used them to keep a dust collector port attached to an old bandsaw....but you have taken them to another whole level!!!!!...I will be using your design!!!

I think you did a great job.. I will improve it by putting a bigger magnet instead of many tinys.. but thanks a lot you inspire me!

Love this, and as you said so much better than all those adaptors to get down to the little size dust ports. I literally have 6 adaptors to go from the big tube that goes into the dust collector down to the tiny one on my mitre saw and it's a LOT of weight to put on the port bit that sticks out. This solution will be so much better all round. Thanks for sharing.

The adapters- perfect! Definitely doing this

Outstanding, ingenious, imaginative, phenomenal idea! Congratulations

Nice job Rings!!! Very polished editing and presentation. One smart fella!

I love this! I'm going to set up a small shop with ~14m². I don't want to spare the place for several decentralised dust collectors but don't want to lay rigid pipes as this would be too inflexible. Having the hose come down from the ceiling with the quick snap-on connectors is just what I need :)

This is a brilliant idea, and solves two problems I was struggling with in my small workshop. I have fixed collector and am just installing a new configuration which has four machines that will drop off a single duct. I was working through various multi-way blast gate ideas, which were either large and complicated or used up way too much wall space. Your magnetic connection solution is perfect; I can mount two thin metal sheets on the wall on either side of the duct, magnetically attach the four flexible ducts to the wall, and then attach whichever one I need. That’s effectively the same speed as a multi-way blast gate, AND it means all the tools can be easily moved around as needed wi5out having to disconnect them. Your flip top solution was also brilliant and unique. Keep them coming!

Great idea, this will be on my to do list!!! Thanks for sharing it...

Thank you for sharing, this is quite a clever idea.

Exactly what I needed. Thanks for the video.

awesome idea! I can incorporate some of this into my shop, thanks!

Really clever approach! Thanks for the inspiration! Very good narrative.

Nice... I feel your magnet pain. I use hard drive magnet to make things, (Like a locker shelf for a High-school kid.) But they will bite your finger if they grab when you are not expecting it. I Laughed at your mishaps then felt bad for laughing.... Then realized it was ok to laugh cause you put it out there.... Nice build too.

An incredibly simple solution for a problem we all have to deal with. The whole hose setup is something I never would have thought of. Its genius and I will be copying it if you don't mind. My dust collector is in a 4x6 shed I built onto the back of my shop and it connects through the upper wall to pipes I have running on 3 walls with dropdowns to each tool. I've bee struggling with a way to have an overhead hose to use at my assembly table and this idea of yours may just do the trick!! Rockler has ceiling tracks with hooks for the hose, but it is too expensive for me. I have to pick and choose what I buy carefully as well. Well done, thanks for sharing your ideas with us!!!

Brilliant! I'm getting everything so I can do this in my shop.

Awesome idea. I am going to make some of these for my tools. I agree that the different sizes are maddening.

I have the same miter saw and have been dealing with dust collection. Your idea seems to work great, I'm going to try it. Great idea about magnetic connectors on hoses. Great videos

Absolutely brilliant. I have wanted desperately to find a more efficient way to utilize my dust collector and this is the one! (We love using earth magnets all over and have experienced the same issues you have. The magnets often win against us as well LOL) Thank you for the wonderful idea. If I am able to replicate this, I will definitely give you credit and link back to you!

Clever idea, and it will deal,with some of my own major frustrations in my shop. Thanks.

Sir thank you for your work I've made several of these magnetic connectors both 4" and 2 1/2" . Amazing convenience and ease

Amazing your presentation with the magnets is the best I've seen yet. I am just starting to set up my dust collector an your idea is just what I needed to see. Jake

Brilliant! I will definitely be applying this to my garage shop! Thank you! I would be most interested in the sand paper storage.

Great ideas! I've struggled with dust collection and getting the right adaptors, using blast gates that clog and won't close (killing proper suction at the next port) and, like you, having hose in my way. I am going to do this. I've added the magnets and coupler to my Amazon Dust Collection wish list for later. I subscribed. I enjoy watching. Good job.

Thanks for this video. I have the same problem and now I have the right solution.

That’s the ideas we need simple cheap effective. Genius

Great and perfect for any size shop. Thank you for sharing and inventing

Brilliant idea with the magnets. For rare earth magnets i recommend to put a plastic bottle cap on it to prevent shatter. I used 3mm (~1/10inch) rubber plate in one of my projects, between normal steel and one magnet pair, and it was still sufficient.

Great idea! I can't wait to do this in my 1stall shop!

I'm definitely making some with your plans. Thanks much.

You're a stinking genius love your channel thanks for your time

Great idea, well executed. Thanks for sharing.

Very cool project. Thanks for sharing.

Man you are the solution of what I was looking for 👍

This is a very good design! Presentation was amusing. Great job!

What a great solution. Liked & subscribed.

Excellent, elegant solution.

These are a great design! Thanks for the content.

GENIUS!!! Thank you for this. Combining this with your flip top design is really going to make my new workbench super functional. Now I just need to figure out if the lathe is too heavy for the flip top design.

This is an awesome design. Thanks for sharing your idea.

After viewing your video, I was impressed with your solution to a needless, asinine problem foisted upon us by machinery companies. You even make a point of noting that most of your machines are sold under the same label. However, they don’t bother to standardize the vacuum connections. The problem is maddening! My shop conditions and equipment are much different than yours. However, by utilizing your magnetic coupling idea, I can improve my situation immensely. I have a large workshop (30’ X 65’) and have a 3 hp. Oneida dust collector with 10-inch ductwork eventually necked down to either 6-inch or 4-inch ductwork. I try to utilize 6-inch connections whenever possible. For example: I have a 10-inch Grizzly table saw that came with a 4-inch dust port. I removed that and cut-in a 6-inch hole and affixed it with a wooden, magnetic connector of your design. I then ran a short piece of 6-inch flex hose to connect the table saw to the main ductwork. The setup works great . . . with one exception. I deviated from using the magnets you did and went with a stronger magnet. I did this because I did not want to use 16 magnets just to make a connection. I suspect that you ran into the same issue that I have over the years - over estimating the holding power of your chosen magnet. It seems that over the years, the magnets I have ordered for various projects just did not have the holding power I expected. The load rating is figured by a vertical pull. My problem always involved the holding power to keep it from sliding down a vertical surface - not a vertical pull situation like in your overhead sections of pipe. I am betting that this is probably why you had to use multiple magnets on your duct connectors. The magnets I chose have a rating of 6o-pounds and are 1-inch in diameter. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R8C4N43/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I use one magnet in each corner - four magnets per side. These are magnets incased in a steel cup which I simply epoxied into a 1-inch hole, just deep enough to keep the magnet below the wood surface. When I would put the two connectors together, they would hold well, but the magnetic forces would shift the assembly slightly off-center. It worked well, but the sight of a 3/8-inch offset really bugged me. With the magnets being encased in a steel cup, there is no way to play with the polarity. As an experiment, I made a couple of wooden connectors with a four slices of 1-inch steel rod in place of the four magnets. The connectors now aligned perfectly and the four, 60-pound-rated magnets had plenty of holding power. You have to slide - not pull - the connections apart. I am very pleased with result. It both works and looks great. If I were to make any changes, I think I would swap the sides of the magnets versus the 1-inch steel rod slices. I currently have the magnets located on the machine and ductwork sides of the connection with the non-magnetic metal located on both ends of the 6-inch flex hose. I can potentially see where I would want to hang-up unused sections of flex hose of various lengths. It would be ideal if I could simply stick them up on the steel walls of my shop. To do this, I would need to put the magnets on the hoses. Thanks for the initial idea. It is elegantly simple.

This is genius! Definitely gonna be doing this in my shop. Instant subscribe.

That's a great idea - saves time & energy.

I have looked at a dozen or so systems with fancy and elaborate dust gates etc etc...this is by far the best. Using the KISS principle you will have saved much headache and stress in trying to duplicate those systems. Perfect for those who have their shop tools on wheels! Thanks!

just found your site...great info. thanks for the ideas!

I have never understood why tool makers can't make dust port adapters for their own tools that fit. This solves everything. Thank you.

These are great, I'll have to give them a try. My current dust collection system is being used for metal working so I'll have to see if the shavings get stuck. But these are going to work great with my mobile woodworking tools.

Awesome ideas on dust collection. Looks like a little setup time upfront - building the routing and system will save time and frustration over a longer time - always the trade off. I appreciated you leaving the scenes in with the magnets acting unruly. When I try to take on this project I will try to remember to be careful that the magnets can jump farther than one would think. just found your channel and have subscribed because i liked the last couple systems you setup (Drill press dust collection and this). A couple ideas - miter saw dust collection, your use of magnets may be a better solution that i have seen on other channels - dust blast gates that don't always clog and require cleaning out with a nail in the tracks. Never mid on Miter saw dust collection - just saw you made that video. Watching now.

Thanks for sharing all this great content.