I copied the Scandanavian design in the Scott Landis workbench book, was that the Klausz design? Anyway, I do think that having a little different spacing on the tail vise than the bench is nice. I think my spacing is pretty much the same. I like the design, I like the face vise, but of course the tail vise gets the biggest workout. I need to tune mine up, it has been in service for almost 25 years now. I'm scheming to put a cabinet underneath it, I really need the storage space.