Rite in the Rain Waterproof Shower Notepad v1

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One day in the shower, I had a thought. A shower thought, one might call it. As I have ADHD, I'm lucky if my shower thoughts can stick around long enough to be useful, so naturally, I searched on Amazon for waterproof shower notepads and was extremely disappointed. I saw loads of products, yes, but none of them were refillable, and they looked really gimmicky for some reason. Thus, I figured I'd make one myself to properly record my bs without having to buy a whole new notepad every time I run out of room to put my bs.This holder is designed to hold any of Rite in the Rain's 4.625" x 7" (117.48mm x 177.80mm) loose leaf 6-hole paper. The one I used (and the one pictured) was their No. 372 paper. The holder only uses two of the holes to make it easier to tear sheets out. I designed it to be stuck to my shower wall with double-sided tape cause suction cups don't really work on my walls. It's made to hold up to ~100 sheets of 32# paper, though I may make a compact version that holds fewer sheets if it seems like it would be useful. v1 is just a prototype, which is why it looks really boring and lacks the pen holder I intended to add but forgot to include. I'm gonna come back to this at some point to make a nicer looking version that does the job better (and has a pen holder), but for now, this is what you get lol.AssemblyThe holder is printed in two parts: the back, which attaches to the wall; and the front, which holds the paper in. They're held together with two M3 20mm long machine screws and two M3 hex nuts. In order to not have to bring in a screwdriver every time you need to refill it, I'd recommend printing some sort of knobs for the screws like I did. You can find the ones I used here. First, insert the two hex nuts into their corresponding holes on the back piece. This may require a bit of force or heat if it ends up being a tight fit. Then apply some sort of water resistant double-sided tape to the same surface as the nuts and slap that sucker onto a wall with the open side down. Thread the screws through the front (widen with 3mm drill if needed), then through the stack of papers, and screw them into the nuts. I recommend that when you tear pages, you hold onto the bracket because this paper tends to be a little tougher to tear.