Originally Posted by
Iride01
If you got the skill to do that without damaging anything else, go for it.
I'd ignore it or just put filler in it and paint.
Unfortunately i don't have access to a lathe but how hard could it be to fabricate a cyclinder to the inner diameter of the tube? Then drill it in the middle, tie a piece of steing to it and pull it out? It's really close to the bottom bracket so i think in theory it would work? Or?