Originally Posted by keen  Did you mean I should install a wire mesh filters on or in that fitting - so that only coolant and fines get through - or would you allow the coolant and the swarf (metal chips etc) to go down into a tray or settling tank. - making it a convenient place to sweep or brush excess swarf? |
Do what you find best, I usually do both, catch the swarf and I drain the coolant off, don't put a mesh filter on it, you will be continually unclogging it.
Al.