DEWALT DWE46152 Surface Grinding Dust Shroud, 5"

This baby works really well in keeping dust down. It can be tricky to install on your grinder but once you figure it out, it works great!

needed it to smooth out an indoor basement drain installation done by the previous owners where they never smoothed out the cement they poured over the cuts they did to the cement floor. Worked great attached to my shop vacuum. I used a Dewatt diamond cement cup grinder head.

Despite what other reviews say this shroud works with the Dewalt DWE402 grinder. The box specifically says it is compatible with all grinders beginning with model numbers DWE4 and D28. Getting this attached to the grinder can be a pain until you figure out that you need to rotate it just right so the retaining ridges fit into recesses on the grinder collar. Once you do that you can rotate it to the desired position. When attached correctly this unit is firmly attached to the grinder. The clamping screw is just used to keep the shroud from rotating. If you are using it to hold the shroud to the grinder you do not have the shroud on correctly. The other thing I discovered was I had to buy the Dewalt diamond cup grinder to get the correct depth relationship between the shroud and the grinding wheel. Once I did that I was able to level off a large amount of self leveling compound with minimal dust. For dust collection I would have rated this 5 stars but because of the poor instructions for putting the unit on the grinder and the fact that the vacuum hose connector does not fit a standard hose I dropped one star.

Not emphasized in the listing is the fact that this shroud is ONLY for use with the Dry Diamond Surface Cup Wheel for grinding concrete! IT WILL NOT WORK WITH OTHER GRINDING DISCS! It is designed for a very specific and limited application (grinding concrete) and WILL NOT WORK FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS. It says that very clearly in the instruction manual that comes with it, but this listing does not clearly indicate that. So if you are using a different type of grinding wheel or are using it for a different application, it won't work. There is nothing wrong with this, except that the buyer needs to know this going in and be totally frustrated that the shroud won't allow attachment of their grinding wheel. I bought this for my current project involving grinding steel. The dry diamond grinding wheel won't work for my project and my go-to excellent grinding wheel will not fit with this shroud mounted, so it is of no use to me. I wish it did work for my project because metallic dust from grinding steel is awful and I'd love to be able to control it better. The fault is not in the product, but in the lack of clarity with regard to the limited application of the product. If you are, in fact, grinding concrete - go for it! I think this would be an excellent dust collection system. It uses the same connection that the DeWalt sander does, so if you have a DeWalt orbital sander and its dust collection hose, that will fit on this perfectly.

Yes it’s a little pricey, but it also works. Spend the money on quality and skip the dust clouds inferior dust shrouds allow to escape. This dust shroud installs quick and easy, yes even on my DWE402 (which others have seemed to struggle with). Only complaint I have is that I wish the shroud had a universal adapter included for various vacuum hose sizes, but duct tape solves that in a pinch. Tremendous suction with almost no noticeable dust. The sliding guard allows you to get within 3/4” from any straight wall your grinding next to (note: that creates an opening, there will be some dust kicked out, just keep as tight to the wall as you can). Been grinding thinset daily for 2+ weeks, this is rock solid and still working like new.

So I need to grind paint off my basement floor, so I need a diamond cup wheel, a good angle grinder and a dust shroud. Sure enough, Dewalt offers all of these things. However, when these items arrive, the 4 inch diamond cup recommended to go with this angle grinder seems pretty shallow., though I'm sure a standard size. After some manipulating, the dust shroud goes onto the angle grinder but, for some inexplicable reason, it won't go the last 1/4 inch to the tool. End result, the cup wheel sits ABOVE the edge of the dust shroud. The DEWALT dust shroud is too deep for the DEWALT angle grinder and DEWALT diamond cup, despite its advertisement that it will fit all Dewalt angle grinders. Sure, it fits, but not if you want to grind anything with a diamond cup. Add to that, that the stupid exit port on the dust shroud doesn't fit a standard Shop Vac or likely any other vacuum hose. So, to address this, I bought the Dewalt adapter. It doesn't "adapt" to anything. It fits the shroud but you have to cut off the end of your shop vac hose and stick it in the adapter. Total waste of time and money. Just stuck my shop vac hose into the shroud and duct taped it. Total waste of money. So, for the important part, getting this rigged contraption that cost me north of $200 with one piece that I cannot even use, to actually grind something, SUCCESS, it WILL in fact grind a floor. HOWEVER, you have to use both hands and all your body weight to press the angle grinder down onto the ground so the wheel touches it (you have to use all that weight to get the wheel down below the bristles and shroud edge which otherwise would make the wheel float almost a half inch above the ground surface. So, using ALL MY MIGHT, I was able to grind about 10 square feet before I was completely exhausted from the effort. Not how this dumb thing is supposed to work, I'm sure. Total waste of $75. Have not had much experience with Dewalt, but I am not eager to go back to them for other items. Angle grinder functions okay but its super heavy and hard to manipulate. Whatever. IF you are able to use all this physical effort, the dust shroud otherwise seems to function. It just doesn't fit a DEWALT 4.5 inch angle grinder in terms of depth, requiring extreme efforts to make it function. Smarter people (smarter than I) probably would just return this.

Worked fantastic for me. Used it on a dwe402. Looks like it will work with any DeWalt grinder that has the nose portion that a guard would go around that has the notches around it and the groove ring towards the end. The guard sits in this groove, I had to clock It to line up the notches, it slides on then pops into the groove and clock it again to lock it and tighten the screw clamp down. Just like the guard the grinder came with. I used the commonly bought DeWalt concrete grinder disc with this, installed on the grinder with the spacer still in on the back . At first use you're going to think that the guard is too tall. It isn't. Push down and you will actually feel the suction suck it down some and then apply light pressure and you're grinding away, dust free. I did not even have to use a fan to direct dust around or even close doors or hang plastic. There was simply no dust. The yellow part of the guard can unlock and slide to one side so you can grind against a flat surface , like if you need to grind the floor some by a wall. I was weary of the price at first , but I would repurchase in a heartbeat. If this one breaks at some point, I wouldn't hesitate to replace it for future use. I used this with a large rigid shop vac and the DeWalt quick connect adapter and the DeWalt to shopvac adapter.

Excellent product from Dewalt as usual. I usually don’t write reviews but wanted to help out those on the fence about purchasing as I was. First I had started grinding thinset with 4.5” diamond cup wheel on a concrete slab. While it was doing well dust was getting everywhere. Kitchen cabinets upstairs, setting off smoke alarms, everywhere. This product has virtually eliminated the dust cloud I was previously working in. Currently hooked up to 6hp/12gal shop vac. My only complaints are seems a little pricy for a dust funnel and no adapter for standard size shop vac hose. Fortunately my shop vac had three solid extensions so I simply cut one of them where the taper was the same size as the shrouds port and now they attach and remove easily. So while pricy I’d overall say very happy and product does exactly as described. I did notice some reviews folks having issues installing. I did not encounter any problems probably took 3-4minutes.