In the 80s I made a Danish workbench like Tage Frid’s from the plans I found in FWW (w/o the tool tray). It has served me well over the years, but like most of us, my shop space is limited. I have the bench positioned in a way the makes the shoulder vise stick out into a walkway creating a “hip banger”. I was considering modifying the bench to make is more like the type sold on the Lie Nielsen site. I would square off the shoulder vise end of the bench, repositioning the leg and incorporating a LN chain drive shoulder vise. I find I use the original tail vise all the time on the bench but the Danish shoulder vise has not been that useful for me. I do most of my jointing on the jointer and if I use the shoulder vise for cutting dovetails the vise handle and design just seem to be in my way.
I guess my dilemma is whether to just build a new workbench and sell the Frid bench or modify the existing classic bench… which seems a shame. Just interested in hearing your thoughts.