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I was always taught never to dress the sides of a grinding wheel and if you need to grind on the side to take very light grinds. You run the risk of putting a fracture in the wheel that can let go at any time. Of course wheel technology has come a long way over the past 50 years and with today's wheels it MAY BE acceptable.
even with todays wheels you should never grind on the sides---they have special wheels designed for side grinding-----as far as being told never to dress the sides of the wheel was probably correct if using the old style spinning wheel dressers--they are designed to spin and constantly tap the stone to break it smooth--these take some pressure which you don't want to put on the side of the stone---I use a diamond dresser with multiple diamonds and it cuts the side very smoothly without pressure---to true the little wobble takes very little dressing-----