A Tumbleweeds View of Scrapping

Birch plywood is better than the wood I built my kitchen cabinets with. And that is a work bench?

The zero turn mowers are no longer scrap. Rebuilding them was part of this winters project list. They are just being stored there for now. I am guessing I have about $ 500 into the two of them and they could sell for a lot more each. The best guess is that five scrap mowers were used to make two working models.

Your welding table sounds awesome. My welding table is made out of 1/4 in. plate and 2 x 2 angle iron, all scrap that I built. I just got the top off a scissor lift platform jack, 3/8 in. thick that will be another welding table. I may borrow your idea of an outside welding table, since I already have an outside work bench. I cannot take credit for the concrete work station, it was stolen from others in the area. And yes a human does not have the strength to budge it when torqueing on pieces. I have even used the skid steer bucket to push down on the pipe wrench on one occasion. The piece was so rusted the steel snapped before it hurt the barrel or bucket.