Thanks for sharing your plans! I had fun cutting and building these connectors. I used 4" dust collector hose connectors cut in half for the internal connection epoxied into the plywood. As for some comments I read it would appear some don't understand the concept. I only used one mag switch, so cost was not that significant. I move one suction hose with the mag switch to the machine (table saw, bandsaw, jointer, plainer, and sanders) I happen to be using at any one time works great for my shop. As for the music, I didn't find it Annoying If I did, I have a volume control on my keyboard so I could mute or turn down the volume, has always worked for me and was included with the keyboard!! :) Keep up the great creations, your time and effort are appreciated by some.

I like what you did there. Most oif these I have seen are all CNC, and that is just out of reach for most folks. And I love the mag switch idea, I have not seen that done before on one of these. :) Great work!

Nice to see you wearing a good and proper dust mask when sanding. This is a great video that explains in wonderful detail an ingenious way to make a quick connect/quick release system for a dust collection system. Thanks.

Great video skills!

Nice work and great idea! I'm looking into my dust collection plans now. Will keep in mind.

Thanks so much for sharing your plans. Not sure that the magnetic catch is available in NZ. Do you think it would work if I had a screw attachment, with a 'bolt' on the collector side, and a nut on each of the 'tool' side plates?

Wow a awful lot of work to do something that could be done in a few minutes with pvc pipe and a heat gun. I think you could just heat a piece of pvc pipe until it gets flexible and stretch or compress it until it fits the dust collection port on almost any machine.

Nice idea but not really cost-effective lose mag lock devices are crazy money here in the UK between £50-£60 each that’s like $60-$70 for each connection it will cost me nearly $1000 to do my workshop I could do an entire extraction system and still have change for that

Not a bad idea, but Nathan is correct that it is "not really cost-effective" -- even here in the USA. Just one of these with the mag lock is going to run you in excess of $30. Mag locks are a wonderful product -- but overkill in this instance. You can buy little one inch diameter magnets rated at 60 pounds for a little over $1 that will accomplish the same goal -- although not as fancy -- but certainly just as functional. Your concept is good, but there are more cost effective solutions. Besides, that hinge is cumbersome and would make a few connections in my shop next to impossible.

The fricken music is annoying