My SCD BigBook is exactly 1" thick.
Ive been chopping out all the new stuff for at least 6 years now.
I do it the first day I get the book from Amazon.
I cut it along the spine (saving the top layer to overlap), remove the post1980 pages and then reattach the back (Chron Index and vintage minor league section) to the front. Last years book came out perfect, Ive got it down now