Here is my take on mounting my Suckit Pro dust shoe to my Z Plus upgrade. The magnet-based design was inspired by @patonclover. Made several prototypes in MDF to get the dimensions right before cutting the final parts in 1/2” acrylic. Three N45 Neodymium magnets on each side (5/8” by 1/4” - 15 pounds of pull force each) grab VERY tight - “gorilla” tight I would say. Used a diamond drag bit to mark alignment lines in 1CM increments like the original. In addition, there are four threaded holes on the top of the Z stepper that allow about 2mm of an M3 screw, so a dust hose bracket can be easily mounted to the top.
Acrylic (for me) was difficult. My first time with this unforgiving material, but I learned a lot, including how to register the vertical rails for 2-sided machining of the slots. Only wrecked one part but still fit it all in a 12”x12” piece I bought on Amazon. I could’ve used Baltic Birch but it wouldn’t have looked as good.
Fun project. Very time-consuming but I’m happy with the result.
Edited to include c2d file: Suckit Pro Z Plus Mount by SPE.c2d (2.3 MB)
