My bathtub

Renate · 04-26-2025, 08:36 AM

I hate woodworking projects, although this hardly qualified.
The big piece is a wall shelf for pictures, price at dollar store $3.50
The vertical piece is the bottom of a cheap bamboo tray, $2
The magnetic cover folded back upon itself is mostly strong enough.
I'll probably redo using a broader piece of wood with magnets inset.
That will work as an "amplifier" between the device's magnets and the cover magnets.
I use my "keyfob" Bluetooth remote inside a ziploc baggie.
I don't push my luck and fully immerse it.

issybird · 04-26-2025, 07:22 PM

I'm looking at this and wondering about angles and sightlines. Do you need back support and are you looking across or down? And what are you drinking? Full marks for ingenuity; I'm not one for lolling in the tub myself as it just seems to postpone the inevitable drying off and getting dressed.

I did enjoy Necessary Trouble but had reservations regarding her perspective on the civil rights movement.

Renate · 04-27-2025, 12:23 AM

The bathtub has a nice enough reclining angle in the back.
Normally with water to my collar bone I am looking up.
With my hair submerged even more so.
I had considered a forward tilting angle of the device on the support.
That would be easier if I were using sheet aluminum.
Before the reader was sitting in the body of the shelf and the cover extended was held with a clamp.
Sitting on the lip it's a bit higher and better sight lines.

The tipple is Famous Grouse.
I'm not much of a Scotch drinker but it was on sale for 10 € and it reminds me of the time that I climbed Ben Nevis.

pdurrant · 07-03-2025, 05:48 AM

I suggest adding a small block under the shelf so that the shelf cannot slide sideways away from the wall.

Renate · 07-03-2025, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I suggest adding a small block under the shelf so that the shelf cannot slide sideways away from the wall.

Yup, I should get around to that.
Since the inside edge is actually at an angle there I was thinking of a pair of rubber feet.
They are usually a bit conical and the rubber (unlike wood) would be less likely to slip up over the edge.

Hey, since I just got a 3D printer I can spend hours designing a plastic wedge whose angle perfectly matches the bathtub!

pdurrant · 07-03-2025, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Renate

Hey, since I just got a 3D printer I can spend hours designing a plastic wedge whose angle perfectly matches the bathtub!

An excellent idea for a project.

04-26-2025, 08:36 AM	#1
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,907 Karma: 17236157 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	My bathtub I hate woodworking projects, although this hardly qualified. The big piece is a wall shelf for pictures, price at dollar store $3.50 The vertical piece is the bottom of a cheap bamboo tray, $2 The magnetic cover folded back upon itself is mostly strong enough. I'll probably redo using a broader piece of wood with magnets inset. That will work as an "amplifier" between the device's magnets and the cover magnets. I use my "keyfob" Bluetooth remote inside a ziploc baggie. I don't push my luck and fully immerse it. Attached Thumbnails

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