Short aluminum flat-bar blanks were part of the fabrication stock I bought for the van.
The featured Amazon option is DOUYUDAO Aluminum Flat Bars.
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 featured DOUYUDAO strips start from thinner stock than the quarter-inch bar in my purchase record. The two-inch flat bar and square quarter-inch plate offer wider blanks for cutting different bracket shapes.
M-D Two-Inch Aluminum Flat Bar
This anodized aluminum flat bar is rectangular stock for cutting and drilling. The purchased bar measures two inches wide, one-eighth inch thick and 96 inches long.
