Well sorted rescue lines at the basis of your disaster recovery plan (Part 2)

So you want to build an accessory to help you sort and make nice “S” with your rescue lines like this

Board for rescue repacking

You can often see this type of devices in instructions manual or tutorial video made by professional

Proper line separation required

A separator using some interresting construct

A separator that can be used for the “S” line folding

If you look for something ready made, you could buy it here

I was somehow decided to build my own version. Looking for some information on the subject I came across this french forum discussion on “Le Chant du Vario”. You can see a first example made by a very good craftman:

A nice personal realisation

Interrestingly the discussion was also pointing to some Ikea furniture like: Ikea NYPLOCKAD Plate holder

This product might be discontinued but while looking for it I also found this interesting candidate:

Ikea VARIERA Pot lid organiser

This polished inox finish directly caught my eye. As you can see from the product detail, the holding pins also have a convenient dimension, the assembly manual confirms they are not pre-sealed and the price is reasonnable (~6€)

Ikea VARIERA assembly instructions

I could then easily assemble those pins for my future board assembly! I decided to buy it ad give it a try.

You can see some more details of the pins on these photos:

The nice inox finish

Details of the screw thread

The compatible screw that I used

European M4 screws

I used an recuperated MDF board to fix the pins at regular interval. I added some furniture foot to protect the surface where the board will be used.

The back of the assembly

I choose the distance between the pins slighly shorter than my POD. I kept the board a bit larger than it should to be able to do some additionnal holes that could suits my future rescues or cut it in 2 to make one friend happy :-)

For a bit less than 10€ you have a nice board that will help you implement your life backup strategy!