yes you keep doing the same foot stools over and over and over ect....I'm about 65k into boards and have only received one saw. Yes they do change in intensity oak, yew ect..... The quest givers are not the bark weavers they only do the music, helms, and spyglass, the one that does the carp quest are in the center of the tree on like a patio thing( right next to the barkweavers there is a bridge leading south) there are two quest givers in this location. If you keep clicking on them they will cycle through all the quest they give when you get to the foot stool just accept the quest, make 10 foot stools (wood type does not make any difference so only use regular wood) mark them as quest items and then click on the quest givers name and repeat........ Good luck..