Doug Van Horn wrote:

>The top is 'flat-ish', the base is pathetic, and the metal vise is too
>small for the top thickness. Regardless, I loved building it and it
>works well enough to allow me to plane and saw.
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Ah hah! I see 3 urgent and important shop projects here.

1) re-plane the bench top to a "Knat's Kirby" (proper unit when
   measuring bench flatness,Jeff and Paddy)
2) Retrofit (with proper joints) extra bracing on the bench base. Or
   plywood trusses :-)
3) Excavate a mounting recess in the underside of the bench to allow
   proper fitting of the
    vice. Or buy a BIGGER vice.

These 3 activities should prevent any unnatural deviation from proper
galoot behaviour, like making projects for SWMBO :-)

       BugBear