Abstract: A wheel slide 20 for supporting a grinding wheel 40 is mounted on a carriage 100 which extends across a work area to engage parallel horizontal ways 61, 62 on opposite sides of the axis of rotation B of a workpiece W. The carriage 100 has ways 114, 115, 116 which support the wheel slide 20 for vertical movement toward and away from a horizontal axis B of rotation of the workpiece.