Abstract: A cylindrical grinding machine having a base for supporting a rotatable workpiece, a wheelhead assembly mounted on the base for horizontal displacement thereon including a grinding wheel for effecting stock removal from the workpiece, a housing for rotatably supporting and guarding the grinding wheel, a selectively advanceable dressing tool for dressing the grinding wheel, a coolant assembly including a horizontal member and a vertically downwardly extending nozzle mounted for slidable movement relative to the housing as the grinding wheel is reduced in size so as to continuously maintain the downwardly extending coolant nozzle vertically above the area of the grinding wheel which grindingly engages the workpiece.