Where to buy metric copper or brass solid rivets?

[Luke GrahamParticipant @lukegraham30014]

I need a few 2mm and 3mm rivets to hold a boiler and firebox together. It's a small vertical engine.

Everyone on the internet wants to sell pop rivets, which wouldn't look good at all.

Brass solid rivets would look the business. Has anyone got a good supplier for these?

Thanks

Luke

[Luke GrahamParticipant @lukegraham30014]

[speelwerkParticipant @speelwerk]

Here is one http://www.fabory.co.uk/pages/home.html , but If you want a few you probably can best make them yourself. Niko

Edited By speelwerk on 13/10/2013 23:40:34

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

You don't really want to be using brass rivits on a copper boiler particularly if they are holding it together and you are calking the joint.

Do they have to be metric 1/8" and 3/32" copper rivits are readily available from the usual ME suppliers such as EKP, Bruce, Reeves, etc. You could probably get metric from Sapphire Rivits or some of the German ME suppliers do small quantities of metric rivits

[Luke GrahamParticipant @lukegraham30014]

Thanks for the responses.

I've already drilled, and I prefer metric generally. It does look like the best option is to make some, so I will go down that track.

The rivets will be holding the copper boiler to the steel firebox, no pressure involved. However, I will use copper regardless.

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