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My 5 year old likes to use the spokeshave but my bench is too high for him to work so I decided it's time for his first workbench. Had I estimated the amount of effort involved better, the bench would have been much simpler but somehow I thought I could make a small version of one just like dad's quickly. Not. The devil is in the details. In all, about 3 weekends of half days and a few evenings after work in the shop but it turned out well. I did have fun making it and he really likes it. Next time I would buy a metal vise and save the time The wooden vises took most the time. I turned all the vise pieces on the lathe and the bench is held together with mortise and tenon joints, only screws used are to lock the vise plates to the threads and the underside to stabilize the long end vise. Mostly pine with cherry and walnut vise screws. Height is 60cm - about 25inches, depth is 40cm - 16 inches and the width is 100cm - 39 inches. Traditional look, my own design, kind of made it up as I went. some proper planning probably would have saved time. Comments welcome!