I had two slabs of Jarrah lined up for the bench top but couldn't bring myself to waste it on a basher-bench. So instead, I laminated a bunch of old Aussie Jummywood, gave it a lick with BLO (wash coat only so far) and threw it on the frame. The Record 53 Vice will go on the left and an old screw vice on the right. I'll probably put a face on it with square dogs and drill some holes for Veritas bench dogs (just to annoy the purists).
This is my first attempt at a large lamination job and I have to tell you, you can never have too many clamps. I used 8 x 24" and 4 x 6" Quick Grips, 2 F style, 2 large G clamps and 4 sash cramps. I found out at the end of the clamping that my bar clamps weren't long enough to clamp endwise (6' 6") so I had to slam in some nails and use wedges (panic being the mother of innovation).
Overall, the top is very flat. Some other pics can be found at:
(if it looks familiar - American Woodworker #92 Feb 2002)
Greg
(also posted on abpw & abpf)