Bench Top Lathes???

YY1 said

I have a somewhat related lathe question-

Can you use a lathe to turn down a rusty drive shaft yoke?

I have several (many?) drive shafts that have been stored uninstalled and developed a good layer of surface rust on the polished yoke area.

Are the yokes ruined or can they be saved?

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Those yokes are pretty thin already, given what they're asked to do.
I wouldn't turn them down... depending upon how bad they're pitted, cause you have to go 'beyond the pitting' to get to good seal-able surface.
You could put a Speedy sleeve on it, in this case, cause the seals don't put much load on the surface. But, given the cost of a Speedy, $40 -$50, you may as well buy a new yoke.