> First, the problem and one I think many have encountered when trying to find
> obscure parts, tools, supplies, devices etc
> So, what have other people found in the way of a search engine or Website
> that either deals with this problem or gets around it?

I feel your pain. I have run into this problem several times. One
project I had planned required aluminum-composite sandwich panels, but
I was never able to find a supplier willing to sell me less than a
truck load. The hardest part is often finding out what the item's
generic name is.

> BTW, would you believe that the only place I found that I could buy small
> quantities of the item I was looking for (Riv Nuts) was eBay?

In this case, I think you might have better luck if you look around
under other names. "Riv-Nut" is a brand name for a certain type of
rivet nut. Another brand is NutSert. Also searching for "nutsert" and
"rivet nut" yield a lot more results than "rivnut" alone. It'll
probably be hard to find 'em in quantities less than bags of 50
online, but there seem to be plenty of them. Even so, ebay might
actually be cheapest. I end up getting a LOT of odd fasteners off
ebay.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
'90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"

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