Hey Tuko, the footrest holes are already in the stand. Nothing to drill. You just have to figure out the spacers and washersthey sent. I love having it. My only complaint was that the holes drilled in the foot rest itself were not exactly right. One was a tad too far up from the end causing the thing to hit when you swung it up out of the way for packing. A little file work on the end solved the problem.