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

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.

The saw arbor or mandrel is carried by the main frame, and is therefore rigidly held.

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