Easy DIY Lanyard organizer

[climbstihl]

So after seeing the Arborixx rope pins being used for lanyard organization on Instagram, I decided to make my own. The rope pins cost about 30€ for a set of three, I can make about 20 for less than 3€.
I used 8mm beech dowels, and some bungee I had on hand.
Easy to give and pull out slack, but won't adjust when you don't want it, it's also easy to pull the entire lanyard off, and clip it back in. All one handed.
Works great for keeping the tail of your adjustable bridge out of the way too.
Only downside so far is that the pins stick out below the edge of the saddle, making storage in a shelf harder, I've yet to see if it's a problem while climbing.

 

[climbstihl]

Works with longer lanyards too, just double up the rope in each pin. Here are 10m of 10.5mm

 

[Njdelaney]

This is cool. How are they attached to your saddle? Can't quite see with the lanyard in the way. Looks like the TM has lots of little holes for attaching things.

 

[RogerM]

creative....maybe i'm late, or missed this... i see potential for a spin off... How do you (everyone) stow your lanyards/ I have daisy chained from tail to front, tried a pouch... used cheap biners for clipping bights of rope..... . Once I use some length, I just seem to get clumsy or lazy. Shit, just answered myself...ha

 

[climbstihl]

Once I use some length, I just seem to get clumsy or lazy.

Same here, hoping this will make it easier for me...
I used to daisy chain it through a gear loop I attached just for that purpose. Worked very well, but this seems better.

@Njdelaney The pins have two holes, the top one has the bungee, the bottom one is for the ziptie to attach it to the saddle. The little holes are one of the best things about the TM in my opinion, no other saddle is that customisable. I think the closest is the new Treerex.

 

[samsquatch]

Brilliant. how can I order a set?

 

[climbstihl]

Brilliant. how can I order a set?

DM me, 50$ for a set of 3, you pay shipping from Germany.

 

[Njdelaney]

I have a lathe and lots of that small bungee cord. I'm going to make up some of these if I can figure out a way to attach them to my saddle.

 

[climbstihl]

Here's a pic of the side.
I envy you for the lathe, I really needed one recently when I made the retrieval ball you can see on my saddle. Had to improvise with the drill and angle grinder...
What saddle do you use, @Njdelaney ?

 

[Njdelaney]

I have a Buckcat that I just Liger modded and a Tree Austria 3.2 that is near new and unmolested. I will probably try this on the Buckcat.

 

[Njdelaney]

So I went ahead and made up a set of these for my Buckcat. There is very little space on my saddle to attach these so I had to get creative. One went in a webbing tunnel and on the other, the cord was looped through the pin twice to attach it to the webbing behind the Transporter. I made these two out of Taxus densiformis on my lathe. It is doing a good job containing the excess of a 30' KMIII lanyard. Thanks for the idea!

 

[Njdelaney]

I actually made three sets of pins in different sizes, out of three different types of wood. Here's the other two sets, made out of Honey Locust(4 pins, 1/2" x 2 7/8") and Eastern Red Cedar(3 pins, 5/8" x 3 1/4"). If anyone wants either of these sets PM me and I'll ship them to you on me.

 

[Batla]

So I went ahead and made up a set of these for my Buckcat. There is very little space on my saddle to attach these so I had to get creative. One went in a webbing tunnel and on the other, the cord was looped through the pin twice to attach it to the webbing behind the Transporter. I made these two out of Taxus densiformis on my lathe. It is doing a good job containing the excess of a 30' KMIII lanyard. Thanks for the idea! View attachment 66930View attachment 66931

Very nice job, congrats!

 

[climbstihl]

Very nice, glad you like them. Yours look a lot nicer than mine too. I like the yew and honey locust, the red cedar is not my color...
I really like the idea of using the bungee to attach it like that. I wonder if the knot gets in the way of pulling the rope off easily though.

 

[goodaking]

Cool idea I might have to try this out on my treemotion! Thanks for posting

 

[Njdelaney]

So this project gave me the inspiration to make a few more wood goodies. I made a toggle and lanyard for my small folding saw from more of the Yew. This pushes right through the small accessory D-rings on my Tree Austria 3.2 or through the small hole of a figure 8 if I have my other saddle on. I also made two retrieval balls out of Honey Locust. I tested them out today and everything works great and looks cooler than plastic.

 

[Anawan]

I’ve had no problems with this cord clamp from Home Depot (<$2). I have a 20’ lanyard and keep 10’ of it coiled up in this manner- I keep two loops available (short enough my foot doesn’t step through the wrong way) and that takes care of most of my lanyard needs. I probably only take out the excess rope every 3 climbs or so.