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A knockdown workbench for kids?

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For Christmas, although I'm running out of time, I was going to build both my son and nephew a knockdown small workbench. They are both getting into wanting to make things and my bench sits too high for them to use effectively. The other is for my nephew in Florida which my parents will be taking home with them to my nephew for Christmas. Hence the needing it to be portable and functional enough to use hand tools on. I was going to make modified versions of Shannon's joinery bench here:

http://www.renaissancewoodworker.com/joinery-bench-completed/

Unless you guys have better ideas. Also, I was going to use wood screws for the vise hardware bevause I have the dowels and screw cutters already, so it won't cost me anything for vice hardware. My one question is how do you attach the vise screws in a joinery bench? Like would you drill a stopped hole straight into the workbench front and tap it as far as you can go, then screw the into that hole as far as it will go and then use like a wood nut on the outside on the vice chop? Or do you have to put a larger apron on the front for the screw to pass through? Does that make sense?
 
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