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Thread ID: 126138 2012-08-10 00:16:00 Pop-Rivets........Where are they all hiding? Billy T (70) PC World Chat
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1293774 2012-08-10 00:16:00 Hi Team

I need to refresh my stocks of pop rivets, and I don't need many, just a few common sizes in plain vanilla aluminium .
Problem is, I have spent the last half-hour on-line trying to find a local source, but so far the sole website to give any glimmering hope was Mitre 10 Mega .

I bought a riveter several years ago and it came with a good range of sizes but not very many rivets so I am nearly out and have a job to do this weekend . I thought that finding rivets would be pretty easy, but not so it seems! Jaycar have an excellent range of tools and fasteners for the handyman, so I thought that they would be a runner but nope, nothing doing there .

Placemakers was my next choice as they do a lot of trade sales, but their website has no search facility, and they don't provide any sort of online catalogue . Bunnings is somewhere in the middle, but don't seem to do pop rivets . I also looked for Trade Outlets, but that was little use as well .

Google was not my friend today, so I'm off to Mitre-10 to see what they can do, though I fear they may be bundled with a riveter, which I don't need . If anybody knows a drive-in or even mail-order source for pop rivets in small quantities and a range of sizes then I'd be very pleased to hear about it .

Cheers

Billy 8-{) :confused:
Billy T (70)
1293775 2012-08-10 00:28:00 Trademe? For example, a quick search brought up these...
www.trademe.co.nz

I would also try blacks fasteners.
http://www.blacksfasteners.co.nz/
wratterus (105)
1293776 2012-08-10 00:29:00 You need an engineering supplier rather than a hardware one. CliveM (6007)
1293777 2012-08-10 00:35:00 Supercheap plod (107)
1293778 2012-08-10 00:59:00 Supercheap
I would be very careful about buying some things from there.
I am pretty sure I have bought them at Mitre10 before. Just the rivets. We have an outfits called Lynns Auto here that has a good range of stuff but I don't know if they operate elsewhere.
mikebartnz (21)
1293779 2012-08-10 01:01:00 Trademe? For example, a quick search brought up these...
www.trademe.co.nz

I would also try Blacks fasteners.
http://www.blacksfasteners.co.nz/

Perhaps I didn't make it sufficienttly clear that I don't need commercial quantities, and regrettably neither of those options would be of help. However, I did download from Black's a PDF file detailing a wide range of pop-rivet sizes and specifications, which will be very useful, so thanks for that. :thumbs: However, SuperCheap definitely seems to hit the mark so I'll give them a try. Thanks Plod.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
1293780 2012-08-10 01:01:00 Ulrhich Aluminuim, EDL, and MSL prefect (6291)
1293781 2012-08-10 01:04:00 Heads up for Blacks fasteners, (Wratterus). They will sell any amount you want. BobM (1138)
1293782 2012-08-10 01:54:00 If you're trying to buy them online I dunno, but Bunnings, Mitre 10, and Placemakers, all of which you mentioned, all sell them in store. They just aren't the kind of stores that do online supply. dugimodo (138)
1293783 2012-08-10 02:43:00 Yep Ulrich, Blacks, Hylton Parker any engineers supplier and they do the quantities you require. I have more than once bought a single bolt or screw at Blacks for a particular project gary67 (56)
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