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

If it is not essential that the coils be exactly true, take a plain mandrel, such as shown in Fig.

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

A small pulley may be turned on a mandrel driven by a dog, which is the truest method of turning, because the rim is in this case strained by the pressure of the cut only.

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

For circular rows of holes the centre line of the spindle is adjusted parallel with and at a proper distance from that of the mandrel.

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