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<DIV>In a message dated 7/30/05 6:53:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
joegarrett@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah said: "<FONT face="Times New Roma=
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size=3>As I was eating Thai food the<BR>other night, I was wondering why=
nobody (??) has tried using bamboo for<BR>hammer shanks -- perhaps glued i=
nto
rock maple flange parts. Perhaps some<BR>of the Asian
manufacturers???)<FONT face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First, - - - Look out for that Thai Food!=
It'll
definately put fire in yer furnace!<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Second, - - - I ran into a "home re=
pair"
that did exactly that, on an olde upright. That one note had a strange sou=
nd
to it, so I investigated and- - - - Yikes! I replaced it with a maple shan=
k
and the weirdness went away. However, if the whole set had bamboo for shan=
ks,
perhaps it would be just fine?!<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Joe, Sarah,</DIV>
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<DIV>The best thing about bamboo is that there is no world shortage of it.&n=
bsp;
In fact, try getting rid of it sometime. </DIV>
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<DIV>IMO, making shanks out of bamboo would be in the same categor=
y as
burning garbage as gasoline.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>