Static paddles with 2 shifters per paddle

[Elaphe]

Tested with a 5 mm piece of PVC, which is not ideal as it is a bit flexible. As you can see, it works and nothing strange is happening: the shifters work smoothly, nothing is bending, twisting, distorting, grinding, shattering or exploding under that imaginary stress. The body of the shifters may move a little because they are tightened to the wood a bit loosely and with just one screw.

Sorry for the little sound offset.

 

[GeekyDeaks]

under that imaginary stress

Honestly chap, it's not imaginary, it's totally real. As myself and others have said, you are just within the tolerance of the materials at the angles you are dealing with. Try and visualise the position and orientation of both shifter arms if you could move them through 90deg

 

[RasmusP]

A bit ironic that the "fix against the flex" is only possible due to the flex of the paddle, lol.
The difference is that the flex isn't perceptible by the fingers anymore.

Going through the video with point and comma (frame by frame), you can see the paddle flexing very clearly and it's probably enough to counter the "bending" from the orientation of the mechanisms.

 

[Case_]

Imaginary stress

 

[blekenbleu]

A bit ironic

also not showing behavior when pressing only one paddle end,
for which this is a proposed solution.