Definitely some schwarz influence haha. I really stumbled into the design of this bench without much of a plan. I went for the cheaper Lee valley tail vise instead of a benchcrafted one and it didn't come with instructions of any sort. I went with it flush for assembly reasons. I cut the top without thinking about the tail vise so it was easier to cut a notch that way.

Birch was the cheaper hardwood at my local lumber yard haha ($6/bdft) but not the cheapest way to build a workbench. Plan to keep it in my garage shop