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title: Toothbrush Shelf
excerpt: |
    It can be hard to find genuine everyday uses of 3D printing, but after a while you do find some. <model-viewer alt="An interactive 3D render of a small 3D printed shelf to hold a toothbrush near the bathroom shaver socket without the cables being messy" src="/assets/blog/toothbrush_shelf/model/toothbrush_shelf.glb" ar poster="/assets/blog/toothbrush_shelf/model/toothbrush_shelf.webp" camera-controls shadow-intensity="1.38" shadow-softness="2" exposure="0.8" auto-rotate camera-orbit="-35deg 78.72deg 411.2m" field-of-view="30deg" interaction-prompt="none" ar-placement="wall"> </model-viewer>
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image: /assets/blog/toothbrush_shelf/spin.gif
alt: A render of a 3D printed shelf sitting above a shaver outlet, it spins slowly. 
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It can be hard to find genuine everyday uses of 3D printing, but after a while you do find some! I made this little shelf to tidy up the wires to our devices in the bathroom. The wires are now hidden, coiled up, inside the shelf.

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<model-viewer alt="An interactive 3D render of a small 3D printed shelf to hold a toothbrush near the bathroom shaver socket without the cables being messy" src="/assets/blog/toothbrush_shelf/model/toothbrush_shelf.glb" ar poster="/assets/blog/toothbrush_shelf/model/toothbrush_shelf.webp" camera-controls shadow-intensity="1.38" shadow-softness="2" exposure="0.8" auto-rotate camera-orbit="-35deg 78.72deg 411.2m" field-of-view="30deg" interaction-prompt="none" ar-placement="wall"> </model-viewer>
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A little 3D model that you can pan and zoom on. Or even use AR on your phone.
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<img style="height:500px;" src="/assets/blog/toothbrush_shelf/crop.jpeg"/>
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