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Arbor vs Mandrel - What's the difference?

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Mandrel is a synonym of arbor.



As nouns the difference between arbor and mandrel

is that arbor is a shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation while mandrel is an object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.

arbor

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) arbour, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* arbour (chiefly British)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation.
  • A grove of trees.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
  • A bar for supporting cutting tools.
  • A spindle of a wheel.
  • mandrel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
  • A tool or component of a tool that grips]] or [[clamp, clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
  • * 1920 , Lester Gray French, Machinery , Volume 26, page 491,
  • This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
  • * 1961 , Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, The Art of Oboe Playing , page 46,
  • When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.

    Synonyms

    * spindle, arbor

    Coordinate terms

    * chuck