My roof mounting work involved turning metal stock into drilled pieces with a specific layout. This steel plate is part of the stock I purchased for fabrication tasks.
I bought A36 Steel Plate 12-by-24 as part of my camper van equipment.
My roof mounting work involved turning metal stock into drilled pieces with a specific layout. This steel plate is part of the stock I purchased for fabrication tasks.
Comparing Metal Blanks Before Defining the Hole Pattern
My camera-mount work started with aluminum pieces that I cut and drilled.
I adjusted the mounting holes as I fitted the equipment.
My separate fabrication stock purchases also included a rectangular A36 steel plate.
The camera mounting arrangement with its drilled attachments.A black-coated bracket from my roof camera-mount work.
My Takeaway from This Job
The stock outline and thickness set the starting point for a custom piece. My rectangular plate compares with two thicker square A36 blanks, changing the available layout area and material section together.
Stock outline and material thickness both change the fabrication starting point.
Product Details And Van-Build Uses
Specification
Product Detail
Material
A36 steel
Outline
12 by 24 inches
Surface
Unperforated plate stock
A broad unperforated plate leaves the cut shape and hole pattern to the project drawing. Mark the finished outline and hole centers together, including the edges that will remain around each opening. For a van bracket or equipment support, keep the actual stock thickness with those measurements in the parts record. The flat-stock purchase identifies the starting material; it does not by itself describe the strength or completed performance of a custom fabricated part.
It identifies the starting plate outline. The finished part still needs its own cut shape, thickness record and hole layout.
Alternative products
Two Alternatives to Compare
The LEIFIDE alternatives use square steel blanks with different footprints. Both are thicker than this purchased plate, changing the material section as well as the cutting layout.
These LEIFIDE A36 plates provide square hot-rolled steel blanks. Their quarter-inch thickness and unperforated faces leave the fabrication layout to the project.
This LEIFIDE plate is a square A36 hot-rolled steel blank. The quarter-inch section and larger footprint provide stock for a custom cutting and drilling layout.
