mandrel

  1. Noun.  An object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
  2. Noun.  A tool or component of a tool that grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.

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