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Second, there is a fly cutter on pp.131 that holds the single point
cutter exactly perpendicular to the spindle.
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These are used to fly cut gear teeth among other things. You
grind the involute tooth form on a piece of high speed steel and
cut the teeth one at a time. see:
http://www.transatlanticpub.com/cat/workshop/gears.html