Single Lever Paddle

thingiverse

I couldn't find any single lever paddles on Thingiverse, so I decided to make my own. This paddle works perfectly as a pocket paddle that can be easily thrown into a ready bag. I've used a 3.5mm socket for the connection, allowing any headphone type lead to be used when connecting to your transceiver. You must add Neodymium magnets on both the paddle and the outer edges of the case to force the paddle back into its central position. Obviously, some care should be taken with the orientation of these magnets as they need to be opposed to each other - I super-glued them to the body and the paddle, and being super strong magnets, they do have a tendency to flip out while waiting to dry. I used these plugs (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OY7C2UQ) as contacts on the body, super-glued into position as per the photographs.