Galvanized tie plates were among the small connection pieces in my framing purchases.
The featured Amazon option is Simpson Strong-Tie TP37 Tie Plate.
Where it fits my build
I cut and drilled aluminum bracket pieces for the roof cameras and lights. The camera mounts needed additional holes and adjustments as I brought the assemblies together on the extrusion.
I sprayed the camera-mount pieces with black bedliner during the fabrication sequence. The coated brackets then formed part of the roof camera and light arrangements shown in the diary.
A black-coated bracket from my roof camera-mount work.The camera mounting arrangement with its drilled attachments.
My build notes
The black finish was one stage within the mount fabrication. The holes and profile connections still determined where the pieces could sit, so the diary records the drilling and fitting alongside the coating.
The bracket shape, drilled holes and coating were separate parts of finishing the mount.
Alternative products
Two alternatives to compare
The TP37 is a longer plate than the TP35 format recorded in my purchases. The galvanized five-and-one-half-inch plates and black Suiwotin brackets provide two other flat joining formats.
Galvanized Flat Mending Plates
This pack contains ten flat galvanized-steel mending plates. The five-and-one-half-inch plates provide pre-punched locations for fastening across a joint.
This set contains four black stainless-steel mending plates with screws. Each four-by-two-inch plate provides a flat connection across adjoining pieces.
