Abstract: A method and apparatus for high speed web processing incorporating linear tools with rotary motion to provide the advantages of linear and rotary type processing as herein disclosed. The web processing apparatus of the present invention includes a pair of linear processing tools, a plurality of sets of rotary gears, a drive shaft coupled to a first set of rotary gears, and a plurality of brackets connecting the linear processing tools to the remaining sets of rotary gears. The drive shaft of the present invention drives movement of the linear processing tools at the same rate that a web to be processed moves in between the linear processing tools. Accordingly, the linear processing tools engage one another at a flat angle at a fixed position of the web to process the web. The present invention also discloses a method for high speed web processing wherein a pair of linear processing tools are bracketed to a plurality of rotary gears such that the linear processing tools rotate with the rotary gears.