mandrel

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The prop sits on a mandrel that supports it firmly.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 small end of the mandrel is thus the standard of its size, and the wear of the collar gauge is in the same direction as that of the reamer.

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

The half-round mandrel being fixed to the lathe face plate will remain true, obviating the liability of the centre of the spherical surface being out of line with the axis of the bearing-bore.

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

For holes in the edge of the work, the whole top of slide rest is turned round till the spindle is at right angles with the mandrel.

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