How could i make a short shifter without cutting the actual stick? Would i just have to raise the point that pivots and add a peice to the bottom part? So if i raise the pivot part 3cm, i would have to add 3cm to the bit that goes into the gearbox. If that makes any sense haha.
i want to make one like this one

another pic

yep ... if you lift the pivot 3cm you need to extend the bit below it 3cm ....
if you can successfully make one of these puppies i'd be real keen for one

You need to extend the stick from the pivot point to the ball in order for this to work.

It needs to be extended the same distance as the pivot is raised on the box.

Well if i can find a spare shifter ill see what i can do. How do u reckon i would be able to work out how much i would need to add to it to make it roughly 50% shorter?

could be trial and error .... cnat remember but i think in one of ang's threads with his photos he makes comment on how the shifting now feel with his one and wasn;t that happy with it ??

He added 1.25"/31.75mm to his one and the shift went from 6-7" to about 3".
Is it the more you add to the shifter the less you have to move it?

the higher you lift the pivot (fulcrum) point means there is more "stick" below it ... this means that the end in the box will move further with less movement at the top (gearknob) needed.
did a quick search and found an eeaaaaaarly thread by feral and he suggests about 1cm lift ... i'd probably look at up to 2cm max.
with the amount of play in an Aseries box i think making the shift movement too small would actually make it harder to find the gears properly due to the 'slack' shift pattern the box already has in regards to definite gates for each gear

Great timing, i have just finished making short shifters for the stumpy box, it reduces the shift from 135mm to about 90mm. If the shift was any shorter then that the gear box would not like it.
Im half way through making the kit to fit most of the aseries boxes, it will include new bushes and bottom cap.

Stumpy box shifter is the same as L-series/FJ box shifters right?

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I've gotten used to it now.
It was harder to shift because you have less leverage. I backed off on detent balls and all was good.

I made this at work during my apprenticeship. There's no way I could get away with that now.
EDIT: I raised the pivot point 1.250"/31.75mm. I somehow did the math before I made it. I compared the different lengths... i forgot. I think I still have my notes somewhere.