flattening side of t-7 grinding wheel

[jetwoodshop]

greetings:

i am looking for advice on methods to flatten the side of my t-7 grinding wheel. flattening backs of tools has made the side of the grinding wheel uneven.

in earlier posts i read reports of an older version of the truing and dressing tool being modified to dress the side of the grinding wheel. i currently have a tt-50 truing and dressing tool and am hesitant to drill a hole with the same diameter as the tool support as suggested with the older tool. knobs on the truing tool will not clear the wheel to allow the diamond bit to access the entire face of the side of the grinding wheel.

another old post suggested using the dressing block to flatten the side of the wheel. while this does have some flattening effect, it's not enough to get a uniform flat surface perpendicular to the tool support.

any other ideas out there?

thanks,

-james

[RickKrung]

Please post links to those earlier discussions.

[John Hancock Sr]

I flatten on stones, not the Tormek. There was a question in one of the videos re using the stone wheel side. The answer was don't. The Diamond wheels on the other hand are designed so that you can use the side.

[tgbto]

From a theoretical standpoint, using the MB-100/102 with a coarse (then fine) diamond plate clamped in the straight-edge jig with a robust backing (such as a plane blade) could work.

From a practical standpoint, I doubt it will be easy to make it square to the top surface. Maybe use a laser as a guide...