Dewalt DWP611 - Air Deflector Dust Skirt

Dust shoe and air deflector for Dewalt DWP 611 router. Prints as a single part.

Dust control is of paramount importance if your CNC router is located inside your home or apartment. Especially in colder climates where homes are well insulated and fine dust particles may circulate for months. Chronic exposure to such particulates will lead to chronic and deadly diseases such as COPD and emphysema, to name a few. That is why aggressive dust control is key. A good dust shoe is part of that strategy.

Most routers vent cooling air through their body creating a vertical flow onto the work thus scattering dust everywhere. This is great for clearing chips but in CNC router applications involving a dust collection shoe of some sort , this airflow works against the suction of the vacuum and spews a lot of dust into the air. This dust shoe aims to vent the clean cooling air from the router by deflecting it sideways and up, away from the work surface and cutting. It also provides cutouts for the built in LEDs to shine through.

This Thing was designed for and installed on my Shapeoko 3 but it may also work for other CNC DWP 611 router combinations such as X-Carve or perhaps other home-brew setups. Please let me know if you have used it successfully in a different application.

Requires:
2 x M5 20 mm screws to tighten the dust skirt to the router.
12" x 1.5" of clear vinyl. Like a transparent floor runner (for the skirt)
10 x #6 wood screws 1/2"
2" O.D. ABS pipe.

FEATURES:
Holes for LEDs
Airflow directed upwards and to the side
External ring for fitting of dust skirt
Easily removable

Printed in PLA. Could be printed in soft PLA to deaden sound, but I have not tried it.