Before I moved out of my 9' by 12' shop into the one my wife had built for me, I spent a lot of time screaming at the $120. chinese bench I bought. And, with good reason, the dog holes were 5/8ths the vise racked worse than anything you could dream up, even with spacers it still racked. So when I moved into the new shop, I scouted around for some wood that was inexpensive aka: cheap, and I came up with some air dried poplar and pine. With oak I had in the shop and two vises I bought off Grizzly, this is what I built. It ain't a Roubo, nor any known bench, but it does what I needed in a bench. and is getting beat to hell proudly. And the damn thing gets heavier weekly. I made my own stops and drilled the proper hole for my holdfasts. The base is all 4"x 6" pine. The top is 12/4 poplar, with an added 1" board under all the dog holes. On the left end I added later a place to put a roll of butcher paper , so when I do any finishing, I can keep the top somewhat un ruined. [Ha} It's beat to hell, but its a tool and I treat it like a tool, not furniture. I make furniture on it. And you can see, It works.