<HTML>In a message dated 3/12/2003 3:32:10 PM Pacific Standa= rd Time, tune4u@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I'd appreciate hearing your ide= as for digging out the remains of a shank that has broken off right next to the hammer molding or right next to the<BR= > butt. </BLOCKQUOTE> One of the standard methods is to drill down the approximate center of the s= hank, slightly smaller than the shank, insert a drywall screw, and heat it. = Not my idea, but it works. Bob Davis</HTML>