Woocutting requires a lot of patience and concentration!
Freshly-chopped wood can not be directly used to make products. You need to first prepare
the wood through woodcrafting.
You can find the "Woodcutting" skill in the "Normal" tab on the "Skill" interface. Then when you are on the woodcutting page choose the recipe on the left side. Then in the lower right part of the page, select the quantity to be produced. If you have enough materials in your backpack, press "Craft" to begin work! However, you need to be near Carpentry Tools to do this.
you can learn woodcrafting recipes from a woodcutting instructor.
Your current Woodcrafting level is actually your Woodcutting level, easily shown by pressing "y". This level indicates which recipes you may purchase. See Gathering Guide for more information.