Wing Nuts - BSW
A type of nut that is designed to be tightened by hand just using finger pressure. Wingnuts are sometimes referred to as Mickey Mouse nuts as the two wings are said to resemble the ears of the Disney character!
We stock wing nuts in various styles including stainless steel and nylon wing nuts.
BSW (British Standard Whitworth) is an imperial coarse thread first used in standard production by Joseph Whitworth during the industrial revolution. Whilst it is still used in engineering applications all across the world it is less common in the UK where metric threads have generally taken over.
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