Moravian workbench question
I am thinking of making a Moravian workbench, to take to work sites. I'd like to make it short, about 5' long. I've googled to find out if it will work at this length, but I've found very little about the bench online. I read Ken Hatch's account of making the bench, but he seems to be maybe the only creeker who has done so and posted about it. I looked at the free downloadable plans Kevin Myers has made available, and his bench is 6' 4" long. Seems to me I can easily move the legs 16" closer together, but I also know that dimensions of objects have sometimes found their best working size, and I don't want to assume this balance can be radically changed with no consequences. Anyone want to chime in on this question?
Edit - my computer seems to be mangling some symbols in the post, so to clarify I want to make the benchtop 60 inches long, by 25 inches wide.