I refurbish old Army footlockers
and Rockler has tons of
Fancy Wood blanks, tools
and Hardware.
They even put on Classes
from time to time.
Best coffee table I ever saw was a crate SKS rifles (10)
The guy put a glass top on it backlit the rifles and etched on the glass “In case of emergency, break glass”
Very clever, $650 for the crate of rifles at the time.