Long Narrow Rigid Bodies
- A cylindrical, usually solid metal object which commonly goes through and holds other rotating items (e.g. pulleys, wheels, gears, bearings, sleeves) and which may also transmit rotational forces.
- Axle, a shaft around which one or more wheels rotate
- Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque
- Line shaft, a power transmission system
- Shaft (golf), the long, tapered tube which connects the golfer’s hands to the club head
- Staff (stick), various applications
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