Well, I'm on a couple hundred moderated posts and I haven't been moderating that forum for long. I can understand need to just get it done.
What do you think about my suggestion earlier to make the tutorial section mod only for new Threads? If someone wants to make a new tutorial, they make it in the relevant sections (In Progress, Electronics, etc). If it's decent, move it to the Tutorial section. It would stop all the non tutorial posts in there. There should be more than enough mods about to make it work.