What I mean is that I drilled it like the old Danish masters do it for the first time. Up until now I have been synching my block in the lathe chuck and then pushing a stationary bit into the spinning block. But the block I am working on is too big to fit in the chuck, so I decided to do it old style. I put the bit into the chuck and got it spinning then holding the block in my hand pushed it onto the bit. It came out perfect. I've watched videos of guys doing it and thought, "that is impossible I'll never be able to do that,", but seeing no other choice than to drill it on the drill press I gave it a shot and I'm very pleased with the results. Here is the block after drilling. The stem is from another pipe, just put it in for show.
Be sure to post pics when you're done with it.
