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Originally Posted by john hall
For those building your own driveshafts, what do you use for material? I used 4140 for my 982 but I can't remember if I got regular or pre-hard. The pre-hard matl from McMaster has a larger tolerance. I'd prefer ground matl but that ain't cheap. Looking to get a 6' pc, should be able to get 4 shafts out of it.
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I used a pieces of O1 tool steel before. Just cause I had them. MSC sells them as drill blanks. I didn’t heat treat it. 36 in long pieces are like $20. Haven’t broke one yet. But you can never go wrong with 4140.
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Terry
O,100,72,102,123,104,124,105
125,129,149,1200,982
(2)2182s w/60in Habans
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