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
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 Joshua Rose
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 Joshua Rose
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 Joshua Rose
