For dressing a Diamond Wheel on a Surface grinder, I have build a dresser, which consist of housing, with a shaft thru on bearings, and have a break built into it, sort of a bronze rod, spring loaded, where you can turn a knurled wheel [knob] on the outside of the box housing, The shaft would stick out on both side, on one side you make a grinding wheel adaptor, that's going to be your dresser, on the other side a handle, where you crank it while dressing, the brake help you, so the grinding wheel is not going to speed up with the Diamond Wheel.You can use just about any grinding wheel you have on hand. We use something like a 1/2" wide, 4 - 5" in diam.
On the Cylindrical Grinder, we hold the grinding wheel in a Mandrel and put in between centers.
It is always important, before you run your wheel, dial it up first, it should have no more then .001 to .002 run out, the closer the better!
This type of dressing, doesn't dress much off the wheel, basically just cleaning it!
Konrad |