Dave, Although this will not eliminate or treat your pain, this may help to minimize the stress your joints are enduring. Take a bass hammer and a treble hammer. Have both striking points facing away from each other. Then put the tails together, one on top of the other. At this point you may wish to glue the two pieces together with CA glue, or drill through both and insert a hammer shank, etc. Grab the tool with you pounding hand, treble hammer pointing up, and use the bass hammer (extending through the bottom end of your palm) as a replacement pounding finger. You'll find that it does lessen the stress on your joints, and you can get strong test blows without much effort. Hope this helps. Joel Haasenritter Associate Member, Atlanta ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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