Better Wingnut than RED Wingnut?

[XiaoSu Han]

Hi,

I'm looking for a third party offering of this: http://www.red.com/store/602021

since 3 RED ones already broke on me, I wanted to try somebody elses

anyone?

 

[Thomas Dobbie]

Hi,
Monstercine make one,haven't used them myself,but they're getting very good reports.
http://www.monstercine.com/
Tom.

 

[Nils J. Nesse]

Hi,
Monstercine make one,haven't used them myself,but they're getting very good reports.
http://www.monstercine.com/
Tom.

Monstercine Quick Key will replace the allen on the Red handle - but not the wingnut.... Unless I'm missing something?

 

[Charles Angus]

Do those ratchet? Because if thy don't, I would say you couldreplacd them with almost anything...

 

[Joel Kaye]

Do those ratchet? Because if thy don't, I would say you couldreplacd them with almost anything...

They ratchet and they need to ratchet.

 

[XiaoSu Han]

that's the thing. the spring on the ratchet broke on me on one as well, so it's just a matter of time I'll need new ones, and the monstercine ones are the replacement for the bigger nuts

nobody makes those??

 

[Nick Gardner]

I don't have any Red brand AKS, but I think you are looking for these

http://www.kipp.com/cms/wm?catId=24183

Determine the size you need and order them online, there are a ton of vendors.

Cheers,

Nick

 

[Jarred Land]

Let me know how those Kipp ones go for you, they look kinda cool.

 

[Nick Gardner]

Kip locks are great. They are really well made. You can replace most bolts with them and then make tools free adjustments. They are all over my steadicam.

cheers,

Nick

 

[XiaoSu Han]

great, that was what I was looking for!

Anyone in Europe up for a group order?

And may I suggest RED to use them in the future? The RED wingnuts break too easily...

 

[ericyoung]

...And may I suggest RED to use them in the future? The RED wingnuts break too easily...

I ordered extra because I'd heard of breakages. What part of the wingnuts breaks?

 

[Mitch Gross]

For our battery mounts in Rental I hated the idea of needing to use a hex key to adjust the position, so I replaced them with ratcheting handles. They are similar to Kipp handles but from McMaster-Karr. They come in a great variety of sizes, are inexpensive and are quite sturdy.

 

[Paul Leeming]

What part of the wingnuts breaks?

They shear where the thread portion meets the wider ratchet portion, due to the central hex bolt (used to hold the ratchet spring in) needing to be long enough to go down to the base of the thread, which means there's a thin circle of metal in that part which can't take the torsional stress of tightening the wing nut hard on something:

HTH

Paul

 

[ericyoung]

They shear where the thread portion meets the wider ratchet portion, due to the central hex bolt (used to hold the ratchet spring in) needing to be long enough to go down to the base of the thread, which means there's a thin circle of metal in that part which can't take the torsional stress of tightening the wing nut hard on something:

HTH

Paul

Thanks Paul. RED should have a look at not having the thread of the hex bolt extend so far into the thread. The spring isn't very strong, so needs very little thread on the hex bolt to hold it in.

 

[ALLSTAR]

One of my RED wingnut screw was broken ,too. So I give two new 4mm wingnut screws for people who buy my shoulder rig. This screws were custom-made and did heat treatment. But I have to say that 4mm is too samll to screw hard without breaking.

 

[Matthew Rogers]

For our battery mounts in Rental I hated the idea of needing to use a hex key to adjust the position, so I replaced them with ratcheting handles. They are similar to Kipp handles but from McMaster-Karr. They come in a great variety of sizes, are inexpensive and are quite sturdy.

Is there any chance you could post the part numbers for that? I've been looking for something to replace those stupid bolts.

Matthew

 

[Mitch Gross]

I'll try to remember when I'm back in the office on Tuesday.

 

[Michael Morlan]

As I recall, there are two different lengths of the red levers. It would be good to know the specs for each.

M

 

[Mitch Gross]

Is there any chance you could post the part numbers for that? I've been looking for something to replace those stupid bolts.

Matthew

From McMaster-Karr

6271K29
Die Cast Zinc Adjustable Handle 3/8"-16 Thread X 2.36" Stud Length, 2.56" L Handle

This is to replace the bolt on the battery mount sled.

 

[Mitch Gross]

They shear where the thread portion meets the wider ratchet portion, due to the central hex bolt (used to hold the ratchet spring in) needing to be long enough to go down to the base of the thread, which means there's a thin circle of metal in that part which can't take the torsional stress of tightening the wing nut hard on something:

HTH

Paul

Unfortunately, these are 4mm bolts, and both Kipp & McMaster-Karr only go down to 5mm.