End vise width question
I'm trying to use only some scrap that I have to make a workbench. I put a nice edge glued panel of 8/4 Walnut that I had from some old legs as an end cap. I had a little bit more of that Walnut that I was going to use as the jaw, but it's a good 2 inches short on each side. I want to mount the vise screw in the center but I'm wondering if I should bite the bullet and us different wood for a vice jaw And go the full width of the bench end cap. Or is being 2 in shy on each end and running my dog holes a little bit farther from the edge is okay.
I don't have the experience of working with an dedicated woodworking bench so I don't know if having the holes a bit farther away from the edge of the bench makes for a worse experience. If you can't tell from the yost 10in face vise I'm using as an end device I'm trying to do this on the affordable side of things. The only thing I bought was Southern yellow pine 2x12s for the laminated top.
I'd love any advice.