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Optics are very precision oriented. I've messed with designing for optics and found it to be very challenging to make anything effective. It is not the kind of project I would build from scratch on my own without a baseline to compare the scope to. I think a Hadley is more like a second scope built for fun type of side project. I think you'd be better off with something like this: https://www.surplusshed.com/pages/item/L14481.html (no affiliation)
I mean, you can grind your own mirrors, how hard could it be? (Spoiler: very hard)