I still need to finish up the faces for my tool cart, but the weather has just been too off to get into the shop recently.  In the meantime I am trying to start thinking about the final design for my workbench.

I know I want to put the CNC router into the workbench.  I'm fairly happy with that idea.  And I want to have a overhang around the edge of the table top so I can get clamps onto it.

Someday I want to pick up a small sawstop table saw and stick it in the end.  I'm not really comfortable with saws in general and I feel the sawstop adds that touch of safety that makes it possible to get a saw. For now it is well outside of my price range, but it is nice to know it could fit, with a bit of modification.

I want to make a cross cut fixture for my tracksaw.  This involves small offsets attached to the front/rear of the table to rest the rail on, as well as a popup fence in the back that can be lowered to give a continuous surface.  To make this work I was thinking of installing an aluminum profile in the front and back of the table top.  That can be used to clamp the trac to, as well as used as a face clamp for holding pieces vertical.

Finally it would be nice to have a proper face vice in the table on the left hand side.

I was thinking about trying to fit a router into this contraption, but I think a small jig that can be fit into the table clamp to hold the router would be a better use of space. I don't expect to use a router table very often.

I'm not quite sure what to do with the remaining space under the table. Probably just toss a couple of shelves in there for now.  And of course I'm not going to make the space for the table saw right away. That can be added in later, if I ever manage to buy one.

Oh, and I keep thinking about adding in a MFT style top, but I just can't see doing that.  However I can see adding a few holes in the top near the clamp to allow for clamping much larger objects.