mandrel

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Then a mandrel in the center is pulled out, leaving a roughly star-shaped cavity on whose surface the fuel will start to burn when the rocket is fired.

From Time Magazine Archive

The prop sits on a mandrel that supports it firmly.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next process was to put in a bar mandrel such as shown in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

A bit of the wire of proper length is first doubled and then by a special contrivance the two ends are bent around a mandrel so as to form an insertion point or loop.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.

These two pieces are then placed together, or rather side by side, on an arbor or mandrel, with the pin of the one fitting into one of the holes, as a.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua