Interesting use of the space.
I love “I built a bench to build a bench”.
You are definitely taking the time to prepare for the build. My CMS have been crying for a fence since I bought it 5 years ago.
Will be following along. Whenever I see all the bench building blog, I feel a wakeup call to dump the harborfreight bench and build a solid one. I will not be a roubo as I need storage space.
I have not come to term that many of the tools I bought when I started needs to go as they are barely used.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA