The ones I have seen are cast wingnuts but I would guess that if you buy a
few thousand at the time the price goes down significantly. The $40 price
was from McMaster where you pay to get just one and get it today.

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"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
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Glenn Ashmore writes:

That is a good price of the rod but Enco doesn't sell acme wing nuts.
You would have to buy a regular acme hex nut and weld on some rod for
handles.

I assume that would be the approach, if you're welding the stands
themselves.

Are the Brownells wing nuts a cast item, or welded, or what? Is this
something they make themselves or have made or is a more widely used
component?