Thought process:
First rule of grad school:
"To copy one is plagiarism. To copy many is research"
There is a lot in the Schwarz book to digest. Hindsight is clearer than foresight. Reminds me of one of the great Peanuts cartoons. Snoopy was doing "McEnroe. Mist a shot. "Should-of got that." Mist another "should-of made that." Last frame: "Too bad we are not playing should-of"
Thought about a split top. But I can see me dropping my chisels through it. You all have convinced me against a tool tray. ( see comment further down)
Pretty convinced to do a 3 inch top, not a 2. No apron.
One foot needs to be adjustable. 1/4 inch should do it. It will need retractable wheels.
Speaking of retractable. I was thinking of hanging several retractable spool extension cords in a few places. Amazon has one with 12 gauge cordage. Not all my tools are cordless yet. Or is that "anymore"
Been thinking about the tail vise vs. just using my old Record face vise. I put my Grizzly back on my outfeed table.
Cabinet Maker's Vise at Grizzly.com. Not a great vise. Sloppy actually.
I have the '70's version of the Record face vise. It IS a good machine.
A day rebuilding the TS outfeed, moving the router table etc, I can see where a little higher might be smart. Not sure if as sturdy, but two heights might be clever. My saw/outfeed is 38 inches. 40 may be better. But for some things, lower is better. I'll have to think about that. Lots of space in a 5 inch leg to get creative and some space is available for hold-fasts or below the stretchers.
Leaning away from the English design. I like that bench slave. Easier to clamp on the top and more room for storage. If the leg vise is floppy enough, then it can still clamp a tall panel with just a block of wood taking up the space as a pivot on the other side of the screw.
As far as joinery, I was thinking on using the laminated leg-through tenon-offset peg construction for the trestle and through tenon wedge to hold on the top.
I was thinking splayed legs as it will be short-ish due to space limitations but considering a 3 inch maple top is not going to kick up with any force I can put on it. If a tail vise, that end may still be a good choice.
Just got my first Narex chisel. Guess I am afraid to really use it as I seem to grab my old ones first. Grandfathers who-knows and my old yellow Marples.
I use an old office chair base with a small top to keep my most used measuring, marking tools, push blocks, and of course reading glasses on. It can follow me machine to machine or bench.
I am sure the rude awakening will be when I visit the Hardwood store to get the top material. Trestle will be BORG lumber milled true.