What do I do with my old crankshaft?

[joegreen]

I have a sbc 350 that i am rebuilding and i have the old crankshaft from it. A bearing spun on it. Is it scrap or worth anything as a core to bring somewhere. Also if anyone wants it they can have it. Located in hudson valley.

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

You could weld it up into a really cool mailbox support.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Great paper weight id you have a drafty home!

 

[OVERKILL]

If you have a spare flywheel or flexplate, you can make a table or lamp out of it.

 

[fdcg27]

Leave it in the garage along with other old parts your have no idea what to do with.
I still have old VW Type IV jugs and pistons along with a camshaft laying around the garage from and engine rebuild I did around thirty years back.

 

[JohnnyG]

Send it to China and have them make a skillet out of the cast iron.

 

[Bailey28]

Have it turned .010" under and build a good 350 out of it.

 

[skyactiv]

Put it next to the street the evening before trash day and a trash picker/metal scrapper might take it. It's a common one piece rear main seal 350 SBC cast crank and a new one is about the same price of having it machined. If it's in your budget, get a 3.750 stroker crank and pistons for the 5.7" rods.

 

[TCL]

Mailbox post.

 

[kballowe]

Hang it from the rafters in the man cave.

 

[Allaned]

Put it next to the street the evening before trash day and a trash picker/metal scrapper might take it. It's a common one piece rear main seal 350 SBC cast crank and a new one is about the same price of having it machined. If it's in your budget, get a 3.750 stroker crank and pistons for the 5.7" rods.

We certainly have guys here who drive around pulling a trailer and picking up metal parts left by the street. I think they make their living that way.

 

[spasm3]

An awesome kitchen towel holder. Just need to fab a couple of wall brackets.

Clean it, paint it, then clear coat it.

 

[02SE]

When I get old and bored, I've got a collection of old Top Fuel parts I swear I'm going to do something with. The wife doesn't mind at all...

 

[VWRand]

Candleholder. Given to me (and autographed by) my racing hero, Michigan legend Joy Fair

 

[opus1]

Yard Art? This is outside of Leroy, IN. Nice attention-getter for a machine shop. I remember driving past here years ago. Looks like they managed to stick around.

Thank you Google Maps.

 

[meep]

Easy to make a lamp out of it, gotta figure out how to route the wire.

Love the tables!

Speaker stand

Bedside table

Axle for fancy belt drive ceiling fan

 

[TCL]

They also make wonderful wind chimes when bundled as such.

 

[4wd]

They also make wonderful wind chimes when bundled as such.

 

[repairman54]

They also make wonderful wind chimes when bundled as such.

Yeah as a tornado detector / verifier.

 

[D60]

Send it to China and have them make a skillet out of the cast iron.

Again, still better than plastic oil pans that will almost surely wind up in a landfill! But hey, that plastic pan allowed the vehicle to burn two gallons less fuel throughout its entire lifespan due to reduced weight. Makes perfect sense