That’s right. You haven’t misread the topic. You all have thought of it. Alright, you probably haven’t, but you will now. You’re welcome.
Instead of having various benches, improved benches, campaign benches, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. They really could just follow the same pattern as the altars - tech the appropriate upgrade and advance the station, done. No need to have four different crafting stations of the same kind, just upgrade the ones you already have.