12 the process controls the relative movement to assure that tool 39 follows each theoretical contact line 40 after the systematic cutting process for the same flank of each tooth 16 is finished a similar cutting operation is then applied to the opposite flank of each tooth 16 one tooth at a time until all the teeth 16 of gear 12 are formed in order to achieve the method of cutting gear 12 discussed hereabove a multi axis 5 or 6 axes cnc machine providing a continuously controllable motion for cutting tool 39 and gear 12 may be employed several known machines are available in the gear manufacturing industry and the details of such machines themselves make up no part of the present invention typical of known cnc machines is the device described in u s pat no 5 116 173 issued may 26 1992 to robert n goldrich which disclosure is incorporated into the present application by express reference thereto it should be emphasized that fig4 a and 4b of the present application are only intended to show the relative configuration between the cutting tool 39 and the gear 12 the actual mounting configuration of a gear 12 and cutting tool 39 may vary depending on the design of the particular cnc machine employed the present invention can be utilized for high speed high torque gear drive applications having large reduction ratio and large shaft angle of.