Actually, making and selling spears is one assured way of making caps. So it's quite lucrative.
I know... been doing so... advised it to others... got freaking bored with it...
Sure, but it become profitable if any hi-tech armor blueprints will be found. I didn't find any of these so far, but it's not even a month after wipe. No need to rush.

Heh.. yep i use wood for that too... however it's a piece of cake to gather wood... the real problem is junk especially after it's amount has been nerfed....
So basically i guess you just admitted that since the wipe armor crafters had it rough in terms of interesting crafting gameplay...