When you're a novice you have these little Eureka! moments. These are most often followed by the news that 1. Everyone Else Already Knows How To Do It, or 2. Your "discovery" is an ass-backward way of doing something that Everyone Else Has An Easier Way of Doing.
Here's a recent one of mine. I have a small bench vise, which is a marked improvement over No Bench Vise, but it was too short to hold even a 26" piece of 1x3 steady so I could plane the edge a little. Here's my solution, so far:
I have a couple of friends who find no end of amusement in my "discoveries", so I figure I could provide the same service here. :)
But seriously, whatever sort of vise I might have, there would be some length of stock that would be too long. Is there a better solution, maybe something that could easily be removed, or hinged? I was thinking about using a metal plate, possibly with those machine thread/wood thread bolts and wing nuts for easy removal.