<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/28/0=
3 5:29:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mjbkspal@execpc.com writes:
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LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Yes, but I think it would b=
e such a small effect we can ignore it. The mass of the hammer is so m=
uch greater than the mass of the shank, that as the shank springs back to it=
's original form it would be the shank which is accelerated by the hammer, n=
ot the other way around.
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<BR>Mike
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<BR>Mike,
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<BR>Thanks. Makes sense. Now if the shank was a redwood trunk...=
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<BR>Dave</FONT></HTML>