mandrel
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The prop sits on a mandrel that supports it firmly.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 small end of the mandrel is thus the standard of its size, and the wear of the collar gauge is in the same direction as that of the reamer.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
When expanding mandrels are caused to expand by a wedge acting upon split sections of the mandrel, they rarely expand evenly and do not maintain a true cylindrical form.
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
