Thanks for bringing out the 10" Graham, It's a nice size. I'm really humming
hard about buying a 10" to throw into the dob I'm building. It was the first
time in about a month looking at something telescopic. Got me back out in
the shed lol
Tried cutting the split blocks with a hand saw, much better result

the
hand saw cut is on the right in the image below. But thinking next time I might
try a band saw or maybe a hack saw and try and get them even thinner. Also
started cutting the side bearings.
regards,CS