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The original shower head being too far overhead for Mary’s reach, I installed a Delta ProClean Shower Head which would also be too high. It has a hose, which means I can adjust the height:

Delta shower head holder extension - installed — Delta shower head holder extension – installed

The InterWebs offer several 3D-printable versions of such a thing, but Delta offers many different shower heads, some of which are visually (to my eyes, anyway) indistinguishable from the 75740SN you see here. The model I tried did not fit the holder I have, so I conjured one from the vasty digital deep:

Delta shower head holder extension - solid model — Delta shower head holder extension – solid model

It builds standing on that tidy cutoff:

Delta shower head holder extension - PrusaSlicer warning — Delta shower head holder extension – PrusaSlicer warning

Despite PrusaSlicer’s kvetching about the “collapsing overhang” inside the socket, it came out fine.

The shower head is still slightly too high for her, but now I can print another one with a longer offset and a slightly smaller plug to fit deeper in the OEM socket.

Worst case, there’s a wall-mounted holder to put the shower head at shoulder height.

The OpenSCAD source code as a GitHub Gist:

	// Delta shower head holder extension
	// Ed Nisley – KE4ZNU
	// 2025-05-02

	include <BOSL2/std.scad>

	Layout = "Show"; // [Show,Build,Plug,Socket,Connector]

	MountAngle = 30; // between OEM and new holder
	MountOffset = 20.0;

	/* [Hidden] */

	HoleWindage = 0.2;
	Protrusion = 0.1;
	NumSides = 334;

	ID = 0;
	OD = 1;
	LENGTH = 2;

	Insert = [21.0,24.5,35.0]; // hose connector taper
	PlugSize = Insert + [-0.3,-0.3,0]; // … for better fit in OEM holder

	Slot = [Insert[OD],14.6,3*Insert[LENGTH]]; // slot on OEM holder, arbitrary length

	WallThick = 8.0; // holder wall thickness
	Radius = 3.0; // shapely rounding

	$fn=NumSides;

	//———-
	// Define Shapes

	module Plug() {

	cyl(l=Insert[LENGTH],d1=PlugSize[ID],d2=PlugSize[OD],anchor=BOTTOM);

	}

	module Socket() {

	difference() {
	tube(l=Insert[LENGTH],id1=Insert[ID],id2=Insert[OD],wall=WallThick,anchor=BOTTOM);
	cuboid(Slot + [0,1.0,0],anchor=LEFT+CENTER);
	right(Insert[OD]/2)
	cube([Insert[OD],Insert[OD] + 2WallThick,3Insert[LENGTH]],anchor=LEFT+CENTER);
	}

	}

	module Connector() {

	difference() {
	left(MountOffset)
	cuboid([MountOffset + Insert[LENGTH]sin(MountAngle),Slot.y,Insert[LENGTH]cos(MountAngle)],
	anchor=LEFT+BOTTOM);
	yrot(MountAngle) right(Insert[ID]/2 + WallThick)
	cyl(l=Insert[LENGTH],d1=Insert[ID] + 2WallThick,d2=Insert[OD] + 2WallThick,anchor=BOTTOM);

	}

	}

	module Adapter() {

	union() {
	left(MountOffset)
	Plug();
	yrot(MountAngle) right((Insert[ID] + 2*WallThick)/2)
	Socket();
	Connector();
	}
	}

	//———-
	// Build things

	if (Layout == "Plug")
	Plug();

	if (Layout == "Socket")
	Socket();

	if (Layout == "Connector")
	Connector();

	if (Layout == "Show")
	Adapter();

	if (Layout == "Build")
	up(Insert[ID]/2 + 1*WallThick + Insert[OD]/2)
	yrot(90-MountAngle)
	Adapter();

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