The native clamps do not like thicker work surfaces although there is no issue with things like 20mm dogs. If you want to be creative and only want/need one bench surface, you could do a hybrid that is more traditional bench on one end and around the apron with an MFT-type surface in the other end. Or...do a traditional, thicker surface as a base layer and a removable MFT-type top that can security sit on top of that. You do have adjustable height, so it will be easy to compensate for that extra thickness. In fact, if you build the auxiliary MFT-type top in the same manner as Timothy Wilmot's MFSC flippable top, you could have a very nice clamping arrangement on the backside of the MFT-type topper.
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