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Originally Posted by digits It is a fine looking enclosure, but IMHO unless you have a large drain in it, you will be forever sweeping out soggy chips by hand. My last enclosure had a 1.25" dia drain which regularly clogged up with chips (drill swarf makes it's own all-metal filters in the pipes ) - so my new table has a hole about 4"x3" with a small sheet of aluminium mesh in it to act as a table-top chip screen - much easier to empty than one under the table A good slope on the coolant table is also vital if you want the chips to wash themselves away to the chip basket.

I plan on putting a large drain in it. I have about 4in of overhang on the front of the bench, so I can fit at least a 4in diameter drain. I was actually thinking of putting more than one up front.

I may end up adding a piece of lexan in the bottom and shimming it to add more slope than is currently in there, but that shouldn't be a problem and I can easily seal around it.