Actually not today, but yesterday ...
I have been collecting reusable wood. I am not a fan of using pallet woods for my small projects. We can get into why not if you need to know more or if you are trying to use used pallets for your own projects, yikes.
I generally look for old furniture set along the curb, often made from whole hardwoods. I get lucky sometimes and find a treasure.
I came across a huge ancient "chest of drawers" six feet plus some tall with seven drawers in it. Now the outer body was made of plywood and veneered, crappy, terribly beat up with a broken leg on the bottom, but the entire section of drawers was made of half inch oak planks. Very re-usable!
Interestingly, the entire front was covered in scroll work or "gingerbread" as they call it at times. I can defeat the hide glue, save and salvage all the gingerbread as well from the drawer fronts, which are also plywood and not worth saving, but the gingerbread could be fun.
Next to it was an ancient bed frame made from solid cherry. Now most of the wood is large scale and must be re-sawn to be usable for my "little" projects. But the POSTS, more than five feet tall, were more than four inches in diameter at their slightest dimension.
Obviously, re-purposing this wood into some modern thing will require some sawing and shaping, but where on earth could one source fifty or maybe hundred year old solid stable oak or cherry for free? Well, the back allies of old neighborhoods for one.
Basically, I just added about one fourth the size of my "scrap wood reserves" to the growing pile. By the time I get all those awesome solid oak drawers sorted, wow!
