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>>         You need a big hammer to open a Macadamia nut, the things are
>> nearly indistructable. One of my personal goals is to have enough physical
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My 5 year old can open macadamia nuts, sweatless. You need a piece of log  with a
concave depression gouged out to the size of half a macadamia nut. You place the nut
in the depression, and whack it with a piece of springy wood, such as a trimmed tree
branch. The natural 'give' in the log and in the branch causes the nut to accept the
force and crack open easily in situ. Hit it with a hammer on a hard surface and it
will ricochet like a bullet. Sub tropical trees are found naturally amongst a vast
superabundance of natural -and highly effective-nutcrackers. Strength is not an
issue.

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