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Second that what you wrote, Andrew.
I’m on a similar path, but with rough sawn lumber.
Roughly calculated my workbench (~ 24″ x 50″) will take around 200-220 hours of work and more than the half of the time (120 – 140 hours) is for ripping, flattening and straightening.
And again I can confirm that the No.6 is a great help for that kind of work, even for stock much shorter than the 2m you mentioned.
As far as I know, Mr. Sellers doesn’t flatten and straighten the stock of his projects with hand tools. Maybe that’s the reason why he doesn’t need a No. 6.
For resawing stock a roubo type frame saw could be worth a thought. Shannon Rogers and others have some videos on Youtube, eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNt3PSxcTE
In my workshop there’s no space for band saw and dust collection, so probably I’ll build such a frame saw next year…
E.