Here's the score: I've been getting by with a Harbor Freight work bench, and it's just about to get tossed out into the yard in pieces. I mean, I knew what I was buying, so I can't really be that mad, but the thing is NOT a work bench in the true sense of the word. So, this is what I was looking for from you guys(particularly you hand-toolers): if you could build a bench for hand planing and hand planing ONLY, what would it look like? What kind of accoutrement would it include? I should also mention that I am on a tight budget. Luckily, the wood is no issue; I've got several thousand board feet of 200+ yr. old poplar, 4" thick, 15" wide, 20' long(don't ask me what I paid for it- you may kick me off the forum), so I'm more concerned with hardware for the vises stops, etc. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I'm going to hit the flea markets in a couple days and try to find some old bench vise hardware(stranger things have happened). In the meantime, I'm just trying to visualize this thing. I'm fairly new to hand planing in general, but I plan on using it on the majority of my pieces from now on(people LOVE that stuff), so this project should help out quite a lot. Thanks!
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