bernie
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I am about to build a new bench. I will be using a treadmill deck for the bench top, it is slick as owl snot! I am going to build "mounting plates" out of plywood to mount my various tools to so that I can swap them out easily. I need them for my shotgun reloaders, RCBS press, crimp removal tool, maybe even a vise at some point. I will be using a glue laminated beam that I made out of a couple of 2x4's for the front support of the bench. My main question is, do I mount the 4x4 glue lam beam flush with the front edge, or back from the edge an inch or two. My current bench has a 4x6 rough cut oak beam with 2x10s making up the top. It is slightly overbuilt.