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Self-Drilling Screws for Metal Brackets

The number-fourteen self-drilling screws in my purchases sit alongside the bracket and hardware work around the van.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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Self-Drilling Screws for Metal Brackets

My purchase and Amazon option

The number-fourteen self-drilling screws in my purchases sit alongside the bracket and hardware work around the van.

The featured Amazon option is Bykonh Number-Fourteen Self-Drilling Screws.

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.
A black-coated bracket from my roof camera-mount work.
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 Bykonh option is a number-fourteen by one-inch screw. The TEKS and Fastenere options use a number-twelve diameter and longer lengths.

TEKS Number 12 by 1-1/2-Inch Self-Drilling Screws

TEKS Number 12 by 1-1/2-Inch Self-Drilling Screws

These number-twelve screws combine a hex head with a self-drilling point. The one-and-a-half-inch length is supplied in an eighty-piece pack.

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Fastenere Number 12 by 2-Inch Stainless Self-Drilling Screws

Fastenere Number 12 by 2-Inch Stainless Self-Drilling Screws

These stainless-steel screws combine a hex head with a self-drilling point. Their number-twelve diameter and two-inch length provide a longer fastening format.

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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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