Thanks... it's nice having a machine shop at your disposal for things like this. All of the hardware is way overkill in terms of strength, there are sealed needle bearings in the pivot too, so hopefully it'll require next to no maintenance for the duration.
I have been a long-time lurker, and only recently became a member. As far as posting pictures is concerned, you just need to make sure your images are hosted on the internet, then you can post them via pasting the link into the "insert image" dialog box that opens when you click the "insert image" icon.