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Dave Raley

Five-year GAL member Dave Raley is an engineer in his day job specializing in aircraft landing systems. Check his web page (www.daveraley.com) for his thoughts on the global implications of the GPS system and a nice cornbread recipe.

▪ bio current as of 2004

Stalking the Wild Pine Rosin

2004
AL#78 p.56               read this article
Dave Raley                                                                                           

▪ The pine woods are full of leaky trees that want you to make rosin varnish. The author tells how to harvest it and how to make an electric tin can kiln to melt rosin into a form that can be dissolved in alcohol. With 7 photos and 6 diagrams.

Calculating Soundbox Volume

2002
AL#70 p.52   BRB6 p.347            read this article
Dave Raley                                                                                           

▪ There are a number of reasons you might wish to know the volume of an instrument. Raley uses a spreadsheet program and some careful measuring to determine this figure.