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Since you are German i can highly recommend you buy a Copy of “Fritz Spannagel – Der Möbelbau”, etwas antiquiert aber immer noch excellente Informationen, but back to english.
Depending on your region there probably are some old Workbenches in someones sheds or basements that wait for a new home, refurbishing an old Bench may be very well worth it.
It could turn out alot cheaper too, if you are lucky you might even get one for free, some people are happy to have it out of the basement, shed or whatever for the extra space.
Unless you absolutely want to build your own bench, in which case i would highly recommend you look into a Shoulder Vise (Deutsche Vorderzange), the standard vise on a traditional German Bench, makes clamping wider boards so much easier, and you dont need to fiddle around with spacers to apply even pressure.
Take a look at Frank Klausz’s bench for example.
Regards Philipp