Abstract: A splash guard for use in combination with a rotary oil hole type of cutting tool. The guard comprises an inducer ring rotatably mounted upon the rotary tool or the tool spindle, and having a shielding sleeve axially slideable over the inducer. Liquid coolant is flowed through the inducer to the tool spindle and subsequently to the tool cutting edge where it is ejected at relatively high pressures. The presence of the shielding sleeve surrounding the tool prevents that coolant from splashing the operator and the operator work station. The sleeve is spring biased into contact with a workpiece, but is free to move axially on the inducer as the tool cuts into the workpiece.