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

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

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

The lines l l should be marked as fine as possible, but deep enough to remain permanently, so that the truth of the eccentricity of the mandrel may be tested at any time.

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