re: Downed trees

If you really are in wood working and if you have the time to mill it there is nothing like free wood.’
I used to have free wood in France.
I still have free wood here only because I use crates and palettes.
You could look into buying a small portable sawmill or even make one yourself.
There are tons of free plans on the Internet and on Youtube.
Dead trees are perfectly acceptable to use to build furnitures
If I had access to free wood, I would build one in a heart eat.