My bench is almost complete. Thank you all for all of the advice on construction. I went with a more modern face vise and another in the tail position. The tail vise has some sentimental value, it was my grandpa's originally, who passed it to my mom (who gave me my woodworking love), and is now in my bench
I had a few flubs and a couple of issues I didn't think through when I decided to use the record clone in face position. I mortised in the rear jaws on both vises with the intent to put a leather covered wood face on the vise jaws. But I forgot that edge of the top was supposed to be flush to the legs, so I couldn't add another edge to cover the rear jaw
So... I set the mortise deeper with the intent to put in a piece over the rear jaw and flush to the edge. It's in there, but not real pretty.
All I have left is some planing/scrapping and a little sanding. Then a coat of BLO and we g2g.
Then I found a problem with the legs or rather where they are in the garage. My garage floor is not very flat and the place where the bench sits is just a bit off so the bench can rock about 1/16 or so
Can I just put some kind of rubber non-slip mat under it or something?
Any suggestion on the feet, or any other areas you see, let me know.
Thanks
James