Roy the mechanic!! I do not understand your reply?? and take exception. I paid close to £100 for the one leg of prop stand from spares company, and it does not seem to be of the same quality as the originals.
I do know the difference between forging and casting. Forging is were steel/iron is forged into shape at a forge, by heating and forging into shape with hammers and swages, or drop forging, by heating and shaping by placing in a swage/die and hitting with a great drop force in one strike:to form the item. Casting is were molten metal is poured into moulds to produce the shape of the finished item.
I think that the originals wold have been drop forgings, it would be interesting to know what the new drawings frome the committee call for.