I guess I've been too busy lately, the last bit of this thread went right under my radar--thanks for the suggestions guys.
J-A torsion box would be a fun project. I'll probably rebuild the top of the table I'm using now as such if I don't stumble across anything cheap and heavy duty--between orders, riding, and trying to homebrew (actual brew,) haven't had much time to homebrew shop stuff lately. The table I use is pretty good, it's only really off when I push the tension with low mesh on M3's.
Nick-Yeah...Probably about as unlikely as you being near Denver.
Evo--this is what I was envisioning. I have been going by the re-source center looking for this stuff, never even crossed my mind that a three foot section would be 'scrap', but to them I suppose it is. Indeed, it does look classy.