Dave, If you want to go ahead and delete everything its your own choice, but some people might be actually trying to give you sound advice. If you don't want help with a problem I would suggest not putting your problem out publicly on a forum, build thread or not. Just one picture is all thats needed a picture of the final product. If you are telling us how to build rods write a book, but you are on a build forum thread, whether you like their (or my) replies or not.
Trust me here I have got way better things to do than help a guy 1/2 way across the country that I don't know with a problem that I or someone else might know something about, forgive me for trying my best to help, I have better things to do......