I plane from the other end toward this direction, but I rarely plane longer than four foot boards.
O.K. understood - so you are stopping WELL short of the end and your tool rack... AH HA!
I put an appliance in the left vice and kept running into stuff! :eusa_doh:
(LOML keep saying "Get rid of some of that crap...") I had to admit that I should - (At least when I am planing :widea