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 diameter of the lap is increased by driving the taper mandrel through it, and the lead is therefore maintained cylindrically true.

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

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

Thus, so long as the collar gauge has not worn more than the 1⁄2000 of an inch it will, if placed upon the mandrel, fit it at some part of its length.

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