Workbee cnc dust shoe

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I couldn't find a dust shoe for my workbee cnc that pleased me. So I decided to design one on my own. I wanted it to be fixed so it wouldn't move up and down with the spindle. Therefore I designed a frame that attaches around the X carriage without the need to drill any holes into it. The frame consists out of two parts, one back part and one front cover. You first slide on the back part from below and than the front part. These two parts are held together via the four screws that are used to mount the 20x20 aluminium extrusion and one M4 threaded rod on the top that tightens the left and right side together. The left and right arm then slides into the extrusion. The bottom plate is splitted into two parts as well, so the front part which is held in place by 4 magnets (10x5mm round Neodym) can easily be removed for tool change. The front part of the shoe will be milled out auf 10mm acrylic later on. It is designed for my 65mm diameter water cooled "china spindle" and a 50mm hose (inner diameter). This is my first bigger Fusion 360 project :)