Typical large chip size?

ok, yea, 2 inch sounds reasonable. I’ll also have some suction going on from it. I’m going to give this a try:

https://forum.langmuirsystems.com/t/shop-vac-compressor-flood-idea-for-chips-drainage/32857

I have a single part design that should work to get the cyclone effect for automatic separation of chips from the fluid.