Quote History I probably should have done that for my latest bench top ...glued 2X's face to face.
Instead I used the dado set on my tablesaw and milled tongues and grooves on the edges of a bunch of 2X6's I had around already.
What a bitch that was...with all the various twists and warps each 2X had.
I literally applied the glue to the grooves and tongues with a paint brush.
I think the top still isn't wide enough and I have to add one more board.
My first reloading bench was meant to be free standing because I lived in an apartment at the time. I made it at an Air Force base hobby shop. Its top was made up of 2X's glued face to face, like in the video. That was back in 1994. Back then I had access to a 24 inch wide planer. I still have that bench. In fact, one of the improvements I made to it was I used a round nose router bit to plow a gutter all around the top. That keeps bullets and brass from rolling off and falling to the floor.
Just an FYI...these panel clamps from Rockler don't do jack shit for getting boards flush with each other: