Good news: I got my hands on some more tree branches, thos time oak with a fantastic ribbing under the bark. I haven't started on any boxes yet, but here is a piece crom last weekend, just listed yesterday.
Ps, cam anyone tell me what wood this is. It grows in Texas, bit that's about all I know. This and it also smolders to a grayish black dust along the. Its when you try to saw a piece that's too thick