69MM Dust Shoe | Compatible with 52MM, 65MM & 69MM Router

I purchased this item as an upgrade to my 4040 XE, having used a similar dust shoe on other machines. It performs as expected. Nicely made, packed well and installs easily. I struggled to find a vacuum hose that would connect the dust shoe to my shop vac, but after several attempts I located one that I could connect using a couple of adapters. Locating an accurate description of hose diameters on the internet is basically hit or miss. Perhaps Fox Alien could also market a hose option for the dust shoe? That would be welcomed.

Over all the dust boot works very well, I gave it only 4 stars because of it's size (height). At times when using a shorter bit the brush gets so close to your work piece that can cause the machine to hang up and possibly skip a step. I had to tweak my router height to compensate for this. Lastly, while it works very well, you have to be mindful of where your work clamps are, I had it bump a hold down and it caused the machine to skip.

Added the dust shoe to my 4040Xe and connected it to a Dewalt Separator and a Rigid 16 gallon vacuum. It was easy to install and does a very good job. Ran it during an 8 hour carve and had little to no clean up afterwards. My only complaint is it makes it hard to see the bits for setup.

It is made ok and meets description at purchase. The vacuum port is much too small and if you make cuts deeper than quarter inch, the fact it is attached to the router really restricts the ability to cut deeper. I would not recommend.

Pretty satisfied with this dust-shoe. I run a 1.5KW spindle on the Vasto and I run this unit indoors. When surfacing wood, dust gets into the air. Some hours later, every surface in the room is covered in a layer of dust. Opted to finally get a dust-shoe and so far it handles well! Did some wood and some aluminum. So long as the bristles contact the surface, I didn't have any wood/aluminum on the table or the part. Worked as designed! My only complaint which is minor, is the ring adapter for 65mm slides onto my spindle pretty easily, it does hold itself in place. But when I try to slide the dust-shoe over the ring, its a very tight fit. Basically, the screw-clamp isn't even needed. So I mean..it still functions and I can still adjust it up/down by wobbling it? I guess its sorta nice that makes it "Tool free"? But I woulda liked to have it slide on a little easier. Doesn't defeat the function and as mentioned, in ways its almost a bonus.

This dust shoe work very nicely ! Just an little comment, with the 4040XE, the Z axis is little woobeling, then the shoes go down, with the brushes, can you put more flexible brushes ? Thank you !

Dust shoe was used for the first time today. It performed flawlessly. I would purchase again. My one nit: it could go together a little easier when mounted onto the router. As I said - a nit.

I use an xe pro to engrave the faceplates for the guitar amps I build. With the shoe added all the chips and dust is conveniently vacuumed into a shop vac. No mess at all.

Works excellent

This really works!! Less clean up after cut and during the cut. Hardly any clean up after project is complete. Helps keep belts clean and free of wood chips.
Awesome product.