Dust Shoe Question

I have the WorkBee CNC Platform and I have used the OpenBuilds Router Mount ( Router / Spindle Mount ) to anchor my DeWalt 611 to my Z axis...

I'm attempting to build this open source dust shoe from Avid CNC ( Universal CNC Dust Shoe | Avid CNC ) for my dust collection. However there is a minor set back.

The frame of the dust shoe does not fit between my z axis extrusion and my router. It catches on the bottom of the z-axis extrusion and cannot slide between the z-axis and the router. The mount for it does not come out far enough.







Now the obvious option is to slide the router down past the bottom of my z-axis extrusion but that really chews up a lot of range on my z-axis.

I'm not overly keen on purchasing a $150.00 dollar dust shoe unless absolutely necessary. Does anyone have any suggestions other than lowering my router along my z-axis? Or does anyone know of other open source dust shoes I could build that would fit.

At this point any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks guys.

 

Thanks for the suggestion Peter. I'll do some searching around here and see what other options I can find.

 

I think I've figured it out. I'm going to shim the router mount out about 20mm so the shoe clears the front of the c-beam. Thanks again for the suggestion Peter.

 

Thanks for the heads up Peter... I'll keep an eye on that once I get is shimmed.

 

I thought about that too Giarc but the hoop or frame that goes under it holds the bristles for the dust shoe. Whatever I do to the top I have to do to the frame. And cutting that much off gets into the bristles of the frame. Thanks for the idea though.