"Dee" wrote in message
as you guess from the subject i'm a lefty and i want to build myself a
traditional style workbench, most i've seen have the tail vice on the
right, would i be better off building it arse about and putting the tail
vice on the left so that planing is against a fixed dog instead of
pushing against a tail vice.

Are you going to be the only one using the bench?
Would the bench layout you're proposing have any effect on you workshop
layout?
Any possibility of your selling it in the future? (Traditional would
probably be worth more)
Your comfort is what counts in the end. I'd go with that barring any other
considerations.