providing a plurality of instances of an apparatus, the apparatus adapted to mount a component of a lightning protection system to a structure to be protected and comprising a base plate extending as a planar structure having racks of teeth cut thereinto and bent out-of-plane to support a conductor cable resiliently away from the planar structure, a fastener, and a component of a lightning protection system;

selecting a structure to be protected from lightning, the structure including an exterior surface, oriented in at least one of a vertical plane and a horizontal plane proceeding from an edge;

selecting an instance of the apparatus;

applying an adhesive between the exterior surface and the base plate;

registering and squaring the base plate in translation and rotation with respect to the edge while urging the base plate against the adhesive and toward the exterior surface;

installing additional base plates of the plurality of instances while waiting for mechanical properties of the adhesive to increase in strength over time after installation; and

securing the component to the base plate by the fastener, when the adhesive is sufficiently strong to support the base plate and component.