Woodworking

I'm an all day every day pot head, and clean my grinder by boiling it in milk. Then I strain it and use that milk to make Pot Chocolate. That way nothing is wasted... except for me 😂

Reeds would be good for something like this, you can usually find dried bamboo pretty cheap at craft stores or in the garden section in spring.

Yes almost any wood is harder than pine. Old furniture tends to be a lot of oak, at least in my country. Here's what I would do: find any piece of hardwood. You can use furniture but you will probably find it easier to get a small branch off a hardwood tree. Any tree that has leaves instead of needles will be hardwood ( Some wood nerds would object). Whittle a few skewers out of the wood but NOT the pith- Not the dead center of the branch. After it's whittled it will be dry within a day even if it's green still. Then I would hold it over a fire/ stove a bit. Don't burn it, but the heat will toughen the fibers. That's probably the best bet.

Sorry about your nice post getting vandalized by that shmuck. They're banned now.

Iron Wood

Definitely not old furniture as that would be likely to have lacquer and other chemicals on it, possibly containing lead.

What you need is some large weed stems.

Try using alcohol to soften the resin first, I like to use everclear because it's high proof and cheap. Don't use rubbing alcohol, it has that gunk they put in it so homeless people won't drink it.