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Waltnutt, yeah the most expensive part of a bench is the vice unless you have luck and find a used one locally. The pine you are referring to is probably the same stuff we have up here. It is very soft, although knot free it may be too soft for the given application. The whitewood is probably what we call SPF (Spruce Pine Fir) and construction grade. It is very good for a workbench as it is much harder than the select pine but it does have knots, they can easily be worked around however. Although the pine looks nice it may be on the soft side.
From experience, I’d put the money into SPF 2×4 and a large metal bench vice.