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This idea hinges on a gearbox (highlighted in yellow) that alternates between two outputs that each complete one rotation before switching to the other. In this way the The top output would operate the knife while the bottom would turn a worm gear that would index to the next position. In this way, a single motor is able to drive both the cutting action and the rotation of the cutting plane.