Question for those that have pillar bedded a Boyds stock

[Nandy]

Hmm, I was thinking on maybe using a flat drill bit just like you indicate with the forstner bit, interesting. I thought about using my drill press with the cross slide vise. Put a 1/4 bit in it and make sure it felt straight then just change the bit. I have a set of drill bits that are in 1/64 steps.... Many options but I like the forstner bit idea the most. How good did it cut?
Thanks for your help.

[thomae]

How good did it cut?

I dressed the back flutes a bit and it cut well enough.

I thought about screwing in the rod, but I was trying to do a stress-free bedding job, so I wanted the rod to slide in the hole while bolted to the action. I believe I used some longer rod and worked it back and forth to "clean out" the hole so it was just a scosh larger than I needed.