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Placing the diamond directly under the wheel center is OK, and necessary for dressing accurate form wheels, but not ANY upwind of the wheel center. For most dressing, half an inch downwind is perfectly fine. The diamond should not be vertical to the chuck, it should be angled downstream, by 5 to 10 degrees. The diamond is turned in its holder a little every few uses so as to always have a sharp point and facets. A sharp diamond and the proper traverse rate is the key to a good dress. The proper traverse rate and amount to cut per pass depends on the wheel and the job, and is part of the art of surface grinding. I am not an artist, and probably will never be, but I am trying to learn each time I use the surface grinder, and my other tools.