mandrel
or man·dril
[man-druh l]
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noun Machinery.
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
a spindle on which a circular saw or grinding wheel rotates.
the driving spindle in the headstock of a lathe.
Origin of mandrel
1510–20; perhaps akin to French mandrin
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The instruments are made of soft iron, and are fixed in leaden chucks, which can be readily fastened to one end of the mandril.
Popular Technology; Volume 2Edward Hazen
Find the pitch of the lead screw, and at the head of that column is the number of teeth for the lathe stud or mandril.
Hollow work, as nuts and washers, may be equally operated on being driven by a mandril held in the chuck.
"He's going to drink it," screamed the Mandril; "battery will fire a salvo;" and he seized two oranges from the sideboard.
A child is employed to make them red-hot, and to lay them on a mandril nicely fitted to their size.
mandrel
mandril
noun
Word Origin for mandrel
C16: perhaps related to French mandrin lathe
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