A few minutes per journal on the lathe polishing is a way better option than hogging out new cam bearings with a crude cutter, in my opinion.

When I brought the "cam cutter" up to my machinist, he looked at me like I was nuts. He said......"yeah, that's not happening and having my name on it".

I know it's fairly common, but I can't see why when polishing the journals is so simple.