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
When a mandrel is fitted to the sockets for the lathe centre, it should have a thread and nut, as shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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 Joshua Rose
A bit of the wire of proper length is first doubled and then by a special contrivance the two ends are bent around a mandrel so as to form an insertion point or loop.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
