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iPhone headset / earbud mess

I struggled for a long time with the unbearable mess of the iPhone headset cord. It always snarled and contained several knots even after rolling it up properly and then putting it in my pocket. The rough rubber surface of the cord did encourage this mess.

So I thought for a while about using a yellow “Kinder Suprise” egg box and some holding mechanism to roll up the cord within the box.

But until now I didn’t come up with a proper holding mechanism. While zapping through a gadget-blog this evening and after having sorted a big box of Lego® these days I got it. Just use a lego bar with holes to make the holding mechanism.

Lego Technics Bar with holes

So although it was past 2 AM I started tinkering with that. Using different sizes of the lego bars, putting slots at different sides and trying out different glues I found a really good working solution. Unfortunately it’s not yellow – the yellow ones did not move that smoothly.

iPhone headset cord box

The steps to create that are simple. First take a Kinder surprise egg, open it and eat the chocolate. The build whatever is inside the yellow box. Afterwards use a tool to make two holes (one big enough to fit the headset mike through it) in the larger piece of the box. Then take a dremel or whatever tool (saw) to cut a slice into the lego bar that is big enough for the cord. At last glue the opposite end of the bar to the middle of the smaller surprise box. If needed put some oil onto the rim.

Steps and tools for creating the iphone headset cord box

Done

Take your headset and run it into the holes so that both ends of same length hang outside the box.

Box with iPhone headset cord

Put the part with the lego bar into place and see that the slice grabs the cord.

Turn both parts of the box in opposite directions

After turning both parts of the box until all the cord is wound up you are finished. Unroll the cord by just pulling on both ends.

iPhone headset cord partly pulled in

That’s it.

Have fun