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The New Hotness

  • Shower Mat Hangers

    A new Gorilla Grip shower mat defeated the spring-loaded clip its predecessor dangled on between showers, so I applied a contour gauge to the shower stall, copied the shapes to paper, scanned them, then fit some curves:

    Shower Mat Hanger - curve fitting
    Shower Mat Hanger – curve fitting

    Combine the two to get a model of the shelf, subtract it from a rectangle, and produce a cardboard test piece:

    Shower mat hanger - cardboard test 1
    Shower mat hanger – cardboard test 1

    Put a hook on the bottom, a small bump on the top, and round the corners:

    Shower Mat Hanger - LightBurn layout
    Shower Mat Hanger – LightBurn layout

    Function-test a cardboard pair:

    Shower mat hanger - cardboard test 2
    Shower mat hanger – cardboard test 2

    They clear the hump along the edge and fit snugly across the front and sloping underside, so make an MVP from 6 mm acrylic:

    Shower mat hanger - acrylic
    Shower mat hanger – acrylic

    Laser-cut acrylic may be too brittle for the job, but it gets the mat off the floor for drying and we’ll see how this works before doing anything more complex.