Block tubing, got some questions.

pittsburghracer said

You probably really don’t want to talk about this now but how deep are you. What I’m thinking is if yard straight past say two lifters, stop there. There is no rule saying you have to drill 10 inches from each side. If you have to drill deeper in the front so be it. Personally I wouldn’t have the block on a wooden palet and then stand on the wooden palet. I want it sitting square on a concrete floor. Goodluck buddy and I hope all goes well.

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Lolol. Not deep at all, 1-2" from the front with the 5/8 drill. The 9/16 hole I started with worked great, I got 11-12" from each end, so overlapped a bit when I drilled the rear. If I had my choice it would be in the mill, second choice was a mag drill, but 12" drill bit was too much for it. I think my plan is, bolt a plate for the mag drill to bolt to, get it re-centered on my 9/16 drill hole with a short bit, and then drill the 5/8 with a 6" bit, switch back to the 12" one by hand.

You're probably right on the pallet, I had it on the floor to start, but I had to keep moving it during the day, and got tired of schlepping it on and off the pallet.