I bought M-D Galvanized Steel Sheet as part of my camper van equipment.
Sheet metal is part of my fabrication purchases, alongside the measuring and fitting shown in the bracket diary photographs.
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 A36 plate and LEIFIDE square plates are thicker plate formats. They offer different stock shapes and rigidity from the thin galvanized sheet.
A36 Steel Plate 12-by-24
This rectangular A36 steel plate provides broad flat stock for fabrication. Its unperforated surface leaves the hole pattern and cut shape to the project layout.
These LEIFIDE A36 plates provide square hot-rolled steel blanks. Their quarter-inch thickness and unperforated faces leave the fabrication layout to the project.
