mandrel
noun
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
mandril
-
a variation of
mandrel.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
There is another method of cutting screws in a lathe by means of one pattern screw, which, being connected by wheels with the mandril, guides the cutting point.
From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage
One edge of the netting is fastened to the platform, the other edge is attached to the winding mandril.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
If the mandril move quicker than the cutting point, the screw which is produced will be finer than the original; if it move slower, the copy will be more coarse than the original.
From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage
Before their eyes he made pipe—spirally wound around a mandril and line-welded to solidity.
From The Pirates of Ersatz by Kelly Freas
The word "Mormon" in zoology is the generic name of certain animals, including the mandril baboon.
From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by William Alexander Linn
