Shaft Animation

Shaft may refer to:

Rotating machine elements

* Shaft (mechanical engineering), a rotating machine element used to transmit power
* Line shaft, a power transmission system
* Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque
* Axle, a shaft around which one or more wheels rotate

Vertical narrow passages

* Elevator shaft, a vertical passage housing a lift or elevator
* Ventilation shaft, a vertical passage used in mines and tunnels to move fresh air underground, and to remove stale air
* Shaft (civil engineering), an underground vertical or inclined passageway
* Pitch (ascent/descent), a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology
* Shaft mining, the method of excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom
* Shafting, illicit travelling through shafts

Long narrow rigid bodies

* The body of a column, or the column itself
* Handle (grip) of hand-tools
* Shaft (golf), the long, tapered tube which connects the golfer’s hands to the club head
* Staff, various applications

Fiction

* ''Shaft'' (franchise), a media franchise involving novels, comics, TV, film
** ''Shaft'' (novel), 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman about an African-American private detective
** ''Shaft'' (1971 film), a film based on the novel
*** ''Shaft'' (song), theme song from the original film, serving as the theme for the entire franchise
** ''Shaft'' (2000 film), a direct sequel/spin-off of the 1971 film, released in 2000, and fourth film in the series
*** ''Shaft'' (2000 soundtrack)
** ''Shaft'' (2019 film), a direct sequel to the 2000 film and fifth film in the series
** ''Shaft'' (TV series), a 1973-1974 series of TV movies
** ''Shaft'' (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book series based on the character John Shaft
** John Shaft, the titular character of the franchise
* Shaft (''Castlevania''), the dark priest from the ''Castlevania'' video game series
* Shaft (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character
* Shaft (Image Comics), a comic book character created by Rob Liefeld for his comic ''Youngblood''
* ''Down'' (film), a 2001 horror film also known as ''The Shaft''

Music

* Shaft (rave group), a UK dance music act which had a 1991 hit with "Roobarb and Custard" sampling vintage children's television programme ''Roobarb''
* Shaft (British electronic duo), a dance music act which had a 1999 hit with a cover-remix of "(Mucho Mambo) Sway"
* Shaft (New Zealand band), a New Zealand indie band
* Shaft (club), a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey
* ''Shaft'' (Isaac Hayes album), the soundtrack for the film of the same name, recorded by Isaac Hayes
** " Theme from ''Shaft''", performed by Isaac Hayes
* ''Shaft'' (Bernard Purdie album), a 1971 jazz album featuring a cover of the above track

Places

* Borden Shaft, Maryland, formerly called Shaft
* Shaft County, an administrative division of Gīlan Province in Iran
* Shaft, Iran, the capital of Shaft County
* Shaft, Bushehr, a village and island in Bushehr Province, Iran

Other

* Shaft (company), a Japanese animation studio
* Penis shaft, a part of the penis
* Diaphysis, shaft of a long bone
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