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

The following table gives the ordinary diameters and thicknesses of circular saws and the diameters of the mandrel hole: Diameter.

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

In this case two set-screws must be used one on each end of the pulley hub, so as to steady the pulley on the mandrel.

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

Indeed, if these holes f have been accurately bored, a neatly fitting mandrel passed through them should hold the side frames true.

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