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
These two carry a mandrel d, to which is fastened a face-plate d′ against which the work is chucked.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
It is well to taper the end of the mandrel from c to e about 1⁄2000 inch, so that it may enter the work easily before being driven in.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
For driving the pulleys to polish them after they are turned the cone spindle is hollow at the rear end and receives a mandrel.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
