The $15.00 price is cheap. If you can get it done for that go for it.
Drilling metal isn't something to be afraid of. You just have to respect the machine and make sure you have the workpiece clamped properly.
If it's long enough you should make sure to hang the end of the workpiece off the back so it can stop against the left side of the column. That way if it grabs the column will stop it from coming around at you.
Hole saws won't work to enlarge a hole unless you can rig up a pilot for it. Ideally you need a core drill or a reamer but a standard drill bit will work fine. 200 rpm's is probably slow enough and you should just work slowly and relieve the cut frequently. Any good oil will help keep things cooler.
Where are you at? If you were in West Michigan I would have you come to my shop and we would do it for you for free.
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Today's Featured Article - Oil Bath Air Filters - by Chris Pratt. Some of us grew up thinking that an air filter was a paper thing that allowed air to pass while trapping dirt particles of a particles of a certain size. What a surprise to open up your first old tractor's air filter case and find a can that appears to be filled with the scrap metal swept from around a machine shop metal lathe. To top that off, you have a cup with oil in it ("why would you want to lubricate your carburetor?"). On closer examination (and some reading in a AC D-14 service manual), I found out that this is a pretty ingenious method of cleaning the air in the tractor's intake tract.
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