You may not be near any farms if you live in SFO-land, but it just
occurred to me that farm tractors often have large diameter axle shafts.
I's try a place that parts out farm tractors. Ask for broken or
damaged axle shafts.

Pete Stanaitis
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rodjava wrote:
I'm a homeshop machinist looking for cheap scrap metal.

I need some 3" dimeter material for a project.

Are truck drive shafts solid? And would the shafts be machineable on a
SouthBend 10" lathe using high speed steel bits?

Thanks in advance.

Rod
San Francisco