Thanks!!!!

Basically what he did....was this...first...he pressed the axle back into the hub I had removed it from thinking it was a throw away part. Then he put it on a metal lathe and proceeded to weld longitudinal beads along the area of the nut threads. He built it up this way until it was large enough that he could use the metal cutter of the lathe to turn it back down to a standard size from which he could cut new threads into the welded material. He figured we'd go up one size so as not to recut the threads (and the welding) back too close to the original layer of the shaft. He dunked it in a bath of oil.....then soapy water....and finally back on the lathe and polished it all up with steel wool till I swear to God....it had to have looked better then any store bought replacement could ever have looked. He handed it to me for inpection.... and said....there ya go, fella.....that'll be $12.50!! I like to died!! I handed him a twenty and felt like I had cheated him outta half of his kids inheritance!!!! Sooooo o..... the moral of this story is this.....when all else fails...and you have no where else to turn....you can't go wrong following the advice on this board....and you sure as heck can't gp wrong at your local machine shop!!!!! ! Thanks everyone for the help....Plow ON!