An automatic milling machine mills a gasket. The automatic milling machine controls the position of a cutter head relative a table. The automatic milling machine rotates the gasket with a motor. Parameters of the motor are monitored to determine the amount of rotation of the gasket.

A device is provided for machining rod-shaped workpieces such as window profiles or door profiles. The workpieces can be moved in a horizontal plane in a Z direction by a transport device. A machining device with tools is provided in a plane arranged substantially vertically to the direction of movement of the workpieces, which machining device is spatially oriented in the vertical plane in relation to the workpiece. The machining device includes an open arc arranged in the vertical plane to the workpiece, the arc being mounted to rotate about the workpiece in the Z axis as an open flat ring.

An automatic milling machine mills a gasket. The automatic milling machine controls the position of a cutter head relative a table. The automatic milling machine rotates the gasket with a motor. Parameters of the motor are monitored to determine the amount of rotation of the gasket.