very detailed write up! this'll help plenty of people.
if THEY LEARNED TO SEARCH! haha
one question though
http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/album783/wats_083.sized.jpg
is that picture above show the line of where the actual flare was? or the inch below of where you should be cutting?
just to clarify so people sort of know better what it's supposed to look like.