Mandrel
[mændril]
Definition
(n.) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.
(n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.
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Definition
n. a bar of iron fitted to a turning-lathe on which articles to be turned are fixed: the axle of a circular saw.—Also Man′dril.
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Examples
- Crude Condition until the Modern Lathe, Mandrel, Shuttle and Sewing Machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The block has a hole bored through its center, and in this the mandrel is inserted, the tube being forged around it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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