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the chip can easily be repaired, you can splice a piece in if it really bothers you, let it set and re-cut to the line, it's good practise as well, splits like this are more common around areas where it's close to a knot, sometimes you get reversing grain and hard/soft spots, it's no big deal, don't get too worked up about it, I think you're doing a very good job, remember this is only a workbench, the joint looks very tight to me.