Starting the New Bench

I'm starting on building a new bench based on the "Power Tool Bench" from Popular Woodworking's Benches and Toolbox special publication. This bench will be a huge step up from my previous one - a Veritas Twin-Screw Vise, about two to three times the weight of the previous bench, and a bunch of storage underneath.

As I am gonna be spending close to $200 on the vise I wanted to keep the rest as cheap as possible. I've been storing up supplies for close to six months now. The top, pictured left, is a 2-1/2" thick maple table top I got for free. It had some stains and wasn't very level but after about 3 hours of work it was good to go. I'm only using 54" of it's 7 feet of length, so I have about a 30" x 30" piece left over for another project. The drawer slides were a closeout at Lowes -- for a dollar and a half a pair. I'm using the 3.99 for a pack of 4 plastic bench dogs from Rockler. The toolbox is constructed from a sheet of 3/4" sandiply (the $25 a sheet stuff I got from HD).