Need OS X Install download to make boot disk

After a miserable last few days trying to get Yosemite working, yesterday went from bad to worse. It was taking (by my iPhone stopwatch) 5-8+ MINUTES to do anything. By anything I mean anything - logging on, choosing anything, scrolling, etc. Everything!!! I tried to create a system recovery disk on my flash drive for Yosemite so I could just erase the disk and start over (major frustrating cataclysmic ordeal) but after getting the desktop open (about 30 minutes), it took me 8+ to open the application folder, 10+ minutes to scroll down to the Utilities folder, which then would not open. It took me almost an hour to try and get the Application folder in Finder list mode and then also could not open the Utilities folder (blank list). So I bit the bullet and used Time Machine to restore my entire system (erase the hard drive, etc.) and which reinstalled Mavericks from a couple of weeks ago. (I had made another Time Machine backup just before I started the download and install of Yosemite but it was not on my Time Machine drive????).
I would now like to create an emergency boot drive on my Flashplayer for Mavericks (NOT Yosemite). I cannot find where to download the Install app. Where can I find it? P.S. I am getting more and more frustrated with any and all OS "upgrades" after my iPhone and now MacBook Pro fiascos, but I'll rant about that another time. Thanks for any help.

To do what you want requires that you save the installer before installing, because after installation the installer deletes itself automatically. Once you do the installation, App Store will usually not let you re-download it as long as it is already installed on your computer. To re-download would require your to downgrade to an earlier version of OS X. If you downloaded Mavericks or a prior version of OS X, then you may be able to re-download it under the Purchases page in App Store.
What you could do is to boot to your Recovery HD and install Mavericks onto your flash drive:
Restart the computer and at the chime press and hold down the COMMAND+R keys. Release them after the spinning wheel appears below the Apple logo. When the Utilities Menu appears select Disk Utility and click on the Continue button.
1. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
2. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
3. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
4. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
5. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.
When the above is completed quit Disk Utility and return to the Utilities Menu. Click on the Reinstall OS X option then click on the Continue button. When the window appears with a disk icon in it click on the See all disks link below it. Locate the flash drive volume and select it. Click on the Install button. This will install a bare version of Mavericks that you can use to boot your computer. To reinstall OS X from this flash drive you only need to clone it to the computer's drive:
Clone Yosemite, Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
     1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
         button.
     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
     4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
         to the Destination entry field.
     5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
         the Source entry field.
     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.

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After downloading and before installing, I copied the installESD.dmg (I think that's the correct filename) to a DVD (as per all the instructions out there to create a boot disc). I did NOT copy the entire "Install Lion App" to the DVD.
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