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Old 08-02-2008, 10:59 PM
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I had the same problem when building my 16" dob.
Ended up having to machine all the blocks down about 1mm.
I made a jig up so I could hold them in the lathe and turned them down.

Another option is to bore out the ends of the tubes on a lathe.

Good luck!
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