Fabricating multi tooth cycloidal cutters for clocks, Part 5 “polishing & cutting the cutter teeth“

In this video I show how I polish the cutter blank, then set up for cutting the excess material from the cutter blank leaving the cutter teeth. If you have missed the other parts here are the YouTube links Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 In this video; At 0:29 I start the polishing process using the Schaublin 70 lathe and an assortment of grits of silicon carbide. This is a time consuming process but I speed thru it for your convenience. At 1:52 I show my Atlas horizontal mill and how I set it up to hold stock with a older watchmakers lathe attached to the feed table. 3:53 is where I have the calculated surface “feed“ per minute. I set it very slow to experiment with the final finish. It really was not any better of a finish than if I would have used a mu