I have been working on my split work bench for about 3 weeks now and finally got my tops on yesterday (will include pics later my phone would not let me tonight) and my tops are 2 pieces of red oak cut on my dads farm 3 inches thick and 12 inches wide and 6 feet long kd with the split consisting of a white oak 2x4 down the middle of the split for storage shelf:smile:. My question is should I or should I not finish my bench, and if I do what should I finish it with..... thanks steve