Congrats there Forrest, my theory is we cannot have too many home machinists.
The humidifier is fine for the weather, but that's going to be a chip magnet sitting there. I'd hang it, surrounded by a 2 or 3 sided doghouse.
Angled placement, right side out, is 'normal' orientation, keeps protruding material/ operator from envelope of adjacent equipment. Vises first, ro-tab my go-to for what builds up table tooling next.
If, and when, you want suggestions for additional tooling, a single post here might get more responses than you'll ever absorb.