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Another thing you can do is get one or two of those rubber mats they use under washing machines, i have yet to test them myself but theory is that it not only helps with with keeping the sawhorses or bench in place but its gonna save your tools and workpieces if one goes flying into a direction it shouldnt, mostly straight onto the concrete floor.
Fettling and setting up a wooden plane can indeed be a challenge but i found even after using a Stanley 4 1/2 extensively theres just something about a nicely setup wooden plane.
A trick i used and still use is if you have something off an odd thickness to plane or in yourcase for any planing needs is to clamp a wooden board, strip or anything really thats lower then the finished thickness of whatever you’re planing, to the tabletop or even directly onto the sawhorse and use that as a Stop to plane against.
If not otherwise possible just screw or nail it down or heck even just use the screws or nails as a stop (make sure they are strong enough to withstand that), just makes things far less awkward then whe you put your piece against a wall or something and try to plane into that.