Curtis Purdy wrote:

You mount you blank dial in
a index holder which allows you to turn it and the manual device scribes
the graduations on it. Â*I can't remember where I see on here.

I've seen that before. Maybe somewhere in Model Engineer or such.
But it isn't *that* complicated that you need a plan. :-)
Just grind a sharp tool bit (similar like for thread cutting, just pointy)
and clamp it in the toolpost with the edge pointing to the left (or right).
Then you can "engrave" the lines with the top slide.

Nick
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