Victorian Style Shelf Brackets - 4" shelf

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My wife has a fascination with Victorian-style items, which led us to discover these fantastic faux-Victorian iron shelf brackets in a local shop not long ago. Since I needed to create some smaller shelves for the same area of our living room, I decided to design similar brackets that matched this style. After conducting a search online (using the keywords "wrought iron shelf brackets Victorian"), I found a matching shape and used Photoshop/Inkscape to transform it into a vector file that could be imported into Tinkercad. Then, I simply added the brackets, screw holes, and completed the design. My intention is to attach these brackets using screw holes from the inside, which required me to add a slight V-groove along the edge for an inset look. This will showcase the matte bottom surface facing outwards, which I believe works well. I plan to use 4" pine board for the shelves, although it measures slightly under 4 inches in width. Therefore, I created these brackets with a width of approximately 3.5 inches to ensure a snug fit. EDITED: I made some adjustments to the ends of the brackets by shortening them and rounding their edges slightly. This tweak resulted in a better fit on the boards and an improved overall appearance. These modified brackets are marked as version 3. When printing these brackets, keep in mind that they are symmetrical, so you only need to print one set of left and right brackets.