I’ve used mine that way to bore a block that I repaired. My knee is not power feed, but does have air assistance. The block was an aluminum block that had a rod punch through the sleeve. I removed the sleeve (+ the one next to it) by cutting it into pieces, then welding in the portion of aluminum that was missing. After the weld repair, i bored the block as you describe. Not fun or 100% precise. Knocked the sleeve in, then took it to the machine shop to be finish bored and honed. I consider myself pretty careful and able, but not for that operation.