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This is how I would do it. I would scribe lines on the end of the work that are perpendicular to each other. To do this I would mount the work in the vice and then find the center of the work. I would put a scribe in the mill and use it to make the lines. I would then mill the slot. Reposition the work to being horizontal in the vice so that the line that is perpendicular to the slot is now vertical. Then dill and tap your holes.
So I would be "drawing" a cross on the end of the cylinder, correct?
Then, mill the slot. Then, rotate the part 90 degrees (from upright/vertical) to horizontal and then drill the holes, right?
But, how would I not move the part out of alignment/perpendicular when going from vertical to horizontal unless it was in a collet holder? How would I re-align it without using a collet block? I could "eyeball" the lines with a right angle square, but that cannot be accurate enough.