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Connect a 35 mm EU power-tool port (DeWalt / Bosch / Makita) to a Festool D50 antistatic hose

How to join a 35 mm EU power-tool port (DeWalt / Bosch / Makita) to a Festool D50 antistatic hose, and what stops it leaking dust.

Reducer required

Not a direct fit. Joining the 35 mm EU power-tool port (DeWalt / Bosch / Makita) to a Festool D50 antistatic hose needs a 35 mm to 50 mm step reducer.

END B49.2 mmFestool D50 antistatic hose (1-15/16 in ID)
END A35 mm35 mm EU power-tool port (DeWalt / Bosch / Makita) (1-3/8 in OD, 35 mm OD)

Rings drawn to scale from the measured diameters in the table below.

The two ends

End A35 mm EU power-tool port (DeWalt / Bosch / Makita) (1-3/8 in OD, 35 mm OD)
End BFestool D50 antistatic hose (1-15/16 in ID)
Fit typemale port into hose cuff
Reducer needed35 mm to 50 mm step reducer

Shop notes

Measured across the joint between the 35 mm EU power-tool port (DeWalt / Bosch / Makita) and the Festool D50 antistatic hose, the hose (50 mm) is 15 mm larger than the port (35 mm), so the port rattles inside without gripping. A 35 mm to 50 mm step reducer closes that 15 mm step so the two hold together instead of leaking at the gap.

A 15 mm mismatch feels close enough to force, and it will hold for a minute before it works loose under airflow. Fit the step ring rather than trusting friction on a gap this size.