re: New bench in the works...

Is there some kind of communal ESP going on or something? Sheesh, I just finished reading every part of Paul’s bench build blog over on lj because I’m also planning a new bench and was looking for vise options. Then I come over here and see Montys post.

I also watched the video of the vises in operation and showed my wife the dog house. She thought the dogs might get hurt while hammering and planing away. LOL

One quick question about the dog holes. I know that you called your hardwood inserts the luxury option, but is there any real difference between that and just drilling the holes through the plywood? Thanks in advance.