first of all, im new to all things cnc, so im new to flood coolant too.
if i built a simple system similar to something like the one on the IH site just using a rubbermaid container and bubbler running all the time, would that be sufficient to keep some of the better synthetic coolants ive read about on this site from going rancid? coolants like the castrol and hocut...etc.
as much as id love to get a skimmer also, i cant really afford one right now unless anybody has some suggestions on cheaper methods of building/obtaining one.
also, i know this might sound really stupid, but if i had a drain from my bench to my coolant container underneath, what happens with all of the chips? do they simply sink to the bottom on the coolant tank? are they supposed to even make it into the coolant tank? do they need to be filtered somehow before they make it to the tank? i can't see how chips in the tank can be friendly to a pump...
thanks for any help, again im new to all of this, but im trying to learn =0)
-rene