Dressing Grinding Wheels

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John Hasler
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Dressing Grinding Wheels

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Greg writes:
> Say, how about we start a new thread about dressing grinding wheels?


Ok.
What kind of dressing stick do you use and what do you mean by "dressing stick"? Seems like the term gets applied to everything that is ever used to dress a stone.
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Here's an example of a dressing stick for white aluminum oxide (and other)vitrified wheels on a bench grinder.

http://www.piehtoolco.com/contents/en-u ... Stick.html

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I used to use a wheel dresser but switched to an end off a diamond drill bit. The kind used to drill holes in rock for core samples or put in blasting powder. I also sliced up a diamond blade from a walk behind concrete saw to make a lifetime supply of wheel dressers.

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GlennW wrote: Sun Mar 25, 2018 2:26 pm Here's an example of a dressing stick for white aluminum oxide (and other)vitrified wheels on a bench grinder.

http://www.piehtoolco.com/contents/en-u ... Stick.html


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I've got a couple of those. I'm guessing when it comes to using them, though.
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For a bench grinder, I go free hand like I do when sharpening drill bits, use a corner of the stick, and go side to side. I just eye it in straight.
Same for the side of the wheel.
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Yep! What Bill said!

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