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

At a is a flat place to receive the set-screw of the driver or lathe dog, and at b a flat place upon which the diameter of the mandrel is marked.

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

If the bore of the work is coned, and of too great a cone to permit the mandrel to be driven, and drive the work by friction, the cone mandrel shown in Fig.

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

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 Rose, Joshua