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Long M5 Socket-Head Screw Assortment

I bought this long-screw assortment with my fabrication hardware. My camera-bracket diary records cutting, drilling and joining small metal parts around the roof mounts.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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A black-coated bracket from my roof camera-mount work.
A black-coated bracket from my roof camera-mount work.

The item in my kit

I bought Long M5 Socket-Head Screw Assortment as part of my camper van equipment.

I bought this long-screw assortment with my fabrication hardware. My camera-bracket diary records cutting, drilling and joining small metal parts around the roof mounts.

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.

The camera mounting arrangement with its drilled attachments.
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 BNUOK kit includes M5 lengths from thirty to sixty millimeters with nuts and washers. The iexcell assortment offers another socket-head hardware selection, with the exact lengths determining which joints each box serves.

BNUOK M5 Screw Assortment

BNUOK M5 Screw Assortment

This BNUOK assortment groups M5 socket-head screws in several lengths. Nuts and washers accompany the screws in a divided storage box.

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iexcell Socket-Head Bolt Assortment

iexcell Socket-Head Bolt Assortment

This stainless-steel assortment contains quarter-twenty socket-head cap screws in several lengths. The taller cylindrical heads provide a different shape from button-head screws.

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Questions from my build

What coating did I record using on the camera brackets?

Black aerosol bedliner.

What happened before coating?

Cutting, drilling and fitting the aluminum mounting pieces.

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