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Stever,
An ounce of prevention......
There's no need for apologizing.
DR,
Personally, I like a heavy table for beating and banging on. I use my vise to clamp things in when I'm trying to loosen something and naturally I'm pulling hard and don't want the thing walking all over the place. But to each his own. I think the 3/8" will hold up better than the 1/4" stuff. You'll be able to tack things to it and go back when you are done and grind the tacks back off with out hurting the top too bad, etc...
Sounds like a good table for you.
John Wright