The first post, a test message, was made on this forum on June 7th, 2001. Rodbuilding.org officially opened for "business" on June 12th, 2001. I completely forgot about that anniversary, too.

In these past 10 years we've had just over 7,000 registered users (only 16 people have ever been banned - you really have to get out of line to get the boot here). In these past 10 years there have been roughly 365,000 posts made (an average of 100 posts per day, every day) and 99% of the total content has been focused strictly on custom rod building topics.

The forum is as popular today as it was 10 years ago. Hopefully it will still be churning along 10 years from now.

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To Tom,

You've done a great job with this forum and there is no doubt it's the best rodbuilding forum around. One of the reasons it's the best is because of the rules you have instigated and enforced. The other reason is the people that contribute gladly give up their experiences in order to help others. Let's hope that there's a lot more years in front as it brings builders from all over the world together and the chance to swap stories and methods and there is always something new to learn no matter how long you've been building. I'm sorry that I didn't find it sooner but I've still got a few years left in me yet.

ESFNEM Col
Port Kembla, NSW
Australia



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Hello Tom

Col has it right, congrats and many more!!!

Tight Lines & Open Minds.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

Yo! Tom! Even though I have only been on this site for a year now, you been a great help to me, I wish you many more years helping others in the great art of rod building, Thank You!

Congratulations Tom!
10 years its a long way. I hope to be around for the next 10.
Thank you very much for everything.

Grande abraço amigo

Nuno

There are a lot of other forums on the net. This is the only one I follow on a regular basis and there is a good reason for that.

Thanks Tom for a great forum and magazine.



Bill

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio

Congrats and Thanks so much for all you do!!!

Tight Lines and Bull's-eyes,

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Its a good thing I remembered that the 16th was my 10th anniversary. Looks like June 2001 was a busy time for both of us! I hope I'm still around to see our 20th.

While I can't say that I post much,lol. I stop by here every day, or so it seems. I remember finding this forum. Yup, it was 10 yrs.ago, and I still enjoy it as much now as
then. I have been building for 16 yrs. and find this the most informative and friendly forum regarding rod building. Keep up the great work Tom!

Dave Norton
Millennium Custom Rods



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I read the Letter in Rodmaker from the Lady renewing her subscription and thanking you for having a Lady and Family Friendly Site. And I must Agree it is Very Nice
Happy Anniversary!

Being new to rod building this site is a necessity for me!

After some exchanges I had with others on some rod building websites this one really appealed to me. I also like that everybody has to abide by the same rules. Good on 'ya.

Congrats and all the hard work you do for this site.

Trung

I've learned and tried a lot of things I found here in the last year. Thank you to Tom and all the contributors.


Suggestion: Allow pictures in the main forum.


Drew

Thank You so much for for this forum Tom.

Congratulations Tom.

Besides bringing some of the finest builders in the world together to share their experiences, I really like the photo section. Seeing some of the fantastic work done by others has made me a better builder in trying some of the techniques seen on here.

regards
Harold