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

As c must be removed from the arbor or mandrel every time the saw is changed, the wear on its thread is great, and in time it becomes loose, which impairs its accuracy.

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

In small work that has been drilled or bored, a short mandrel is used instead of the piece b.

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

If the bore of the work is coned, and of too great a cone to permit the mandrel to be driven, and drive the work by friction, the cone mandrel shown in Fig.

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