Thanks JeffVidt. Will give it a try while waiting for my printer to come.
Hear ya, I paid 57 dollars for one and then realized the same thing, no good for thick material.
@DavidYerkes @RobertCanning
Hey guys I noticed it was too low for my needs as well, so I designed one that give about 2" of material clearance. Works really good too, did a 4 hour carve yesterday and it picked up 99% of the dust.
The best reason to print this with the âverticalâ legs on the bed is that will be by far the strongest orientation. You donât want the build lines to be running parallel to the ground when the unit is connected to the unit if you can avoid it. The weakest part of an FDM print is almost always delamination (where the print breaks along the build lines), and the weakest part of this design is going to be where the risers attach to the dust shoe, it is pretty thin there and if you have and weight on the hose it could fairly easily snap along the build lines.
Printing the part on its back will be pretty strong along the weakest axis of the design. It is also the axis that requires the least bridging.
What is the silver track called that you used for this dust shoe (which is awesome looking by the way)? Hopefully one can purchase some off Amazon or Ebay. Iâd like to make a dust shoe similar to what youâve built and like the idea of not having to drill or modify anything.
Hey, if anyone is interested, I can laser cut the acrylic top piece in just a few seconds on my Epilog. Let me know, I can get you one for generally cost of shipping and materials.
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@Tarry_Brindle
The aluminum material is called T-track, easily found on eBay or amazon. Got mine off eBay.
Awesome, thanks!
Just wanted to say that I loved this design. I googled across an old thread where there were pictures shown, but I was never able to find the model files so I made my own using some stuff I had lying around, but after posting them to youmagine, I did a search for other xcarve parts and found this one!
Ah well, it was a fun exercise in modelling. Iâve got an older printer, so I donât think I could have printed it anyhow (Printrbot Jr., around 130mm x 100mm x 70mm). You can take a look at it here if you want, Iâll make sure to update my post with a link here to the original design. 
Here is the link to my version: YouMagine â Vacuum Adapter for X-Carve by Ta'a Pyland â YouMagine đ¨ I wanted to make sure it fit up to 3/4" thick material, so it should get pretty close to that. Iâll be shaking it down over the next day or so as the parts finish printing.
So I printed one of these and put it on my Xcarve today and am I missing something or can the max material thickness one can carve with this on be not much thicker than 3/4"?
Itâs kind of a pain in the ^$$ to put on and if I want to cut something thicker than 3/4" I have to take it offâŚ?
Hi FrancisâŚhow can I get one of your dust boots for my DeWalt 611?
Is this for the DeWalt 611? How do I get one?