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Small Flat Washers for My Mounting Hardware

Small flat washers were among the mounting fasteners I bought for the build.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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Small Flat Washers for My Mounting Hardware

My purchase and Amazon option

Small flat washers were among the mounting fasteners I bought for the build.

The featured Amazon option is M6 Stainless Flat Washers.

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 featured pack contains M6 washers, while the second card contains M5 washers. The Glarks assortment provides several metric sizes, so this comparison separates a single-size pack from a mixed hardware supply.

M5 Stainless Flat Washers

M5 Stainless Flat Washers

These M5 flat washers are small stainless-steel discs with a central hole. They sit around a fastener shank between the head or nut and the adjoining surface.

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Glarks Metric Flat-Washer Assortment

Glarks Metric Flat-Washer Assortment

This assortment groups several sizes of metric flat washers in one case. The washers use a black finish and a plain circular profile.

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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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