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The Plank is raised to a certain height to hit the nail. Thus potential energy of the plank is converted into kinetic energy as well as some amount of heat energy's drive the nail into some wooden body. So the nail become warm.

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The molecules vibrate rapidly when hammered making it hot.

Or you could say that friction causes nail become hot.

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