BIRT

 seat the pads with a leak light finish the head cork Finished!

 .5 inch delrin stock  face and drill 1" deflash use the dial indicator to measure 17mm and scribe a line place the dial indicator 0 it out use scribe tool bit to mark 17mm line color in with wax crayon

start with brass stock.turn down to 0.458 inches center drill 1/8inch to shoulder  drill with #8 to 1 1/4in. tap   cut off and face both ends finished

my foot joint had some wobble when connected to the body, so I used an expander to open up the tenon. Polished it off with some paraffin wax and cleaned out with denatured alcohol. because I have a nickel plated flute, I had to buff the instrument to clean it up. I had buffed with yellow for the body. before- double G. After - foot joint  to the key buffer for the keys double g before halfway finished! time to start padding!

artley bent lip plate key unsoldered barrel soldered on crooked and bowed body lip plate bent in still dirty hinge rods unsoldered barrel soldered it  back on straight hand buffed with yellow combination pivot hinge rod causing binding so I filed the tip down to have it shoulder properly flexed out the lip plate