Stand in wheel dressing tool

I needed to grind a piece of HSS today and as I started my grinding wheel started to clog up. I stopped the grinder and found a wide streak of metal firmly embedded on the surface. I think I have ground something that had zinc plating or similar on it without realising. No problem, just get the mounted point diamond dresser and give it a quick skim. Half an hour later still hadn't found the dressing tool (it is a rarely used thing as I use inserts most of the time and have a CBN wheel for HSS touching up purposes).

In the process of searching for it I came across an old segmented diamond edged stone cutting disc that stopped working when the edge wore down. Since the sides still had some diamonds embedded I thought I'd give it a try. Laying it flat on the rest and sliding it across the wheel gave me a beautifully fresh and open face on the wheel with no sign of embedded metal. I will have to cut a segment out to make a more sensible tool now.

Martin C

Good to know that an old diamond cutting disc can replace a diamond dresser, I just have to wait until my diamond cutting disc gets worn.

Thor

I just bought a single point diamond dresser for the surface grinder. I am thinking it would be best stored on or near the machine, so the base, I made for it, is going to have a magnet let into it and I’ll find a place to stick it (either on the machine or under a close-handy shelf.

They work wonderfully don't they. I've made several of those, often end up giving them away. I have a ready supply of broken/thrown segments from work but the little 4" discs are so cheap if you bought one it would last an a lifetime of dressing in the home shop.

This is NEVER a problem in my workshop !

The item I want is always exactly where I last dropped it, the trick is to remember where that was ???????

A Carbarundum dressing stick works. Cheap.

Good tip, thanks! I'll get one from my lad, he's a builder so he goes through quite a lot of them, there must be lots of uses for a piece of a wheel...

A Desmond dresser works well. It has star wheels that work against the wheel. Try flea bay.