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 mandrel must be placed with the centres d receiving the lathe centres.

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.

At k is a cone mandrel such as has been described with reference to lathe work upon which is chucked a cross-head c.

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