I find that woodworking in comparison to other crafts is only a mediocre money maker up high. The best money makers are HQed Shihei which sells as fast as you can put it on AH and HQ staves. The NQ staves cost as much or much much more to make than they do to buy. Even at 100+3 HQing Elemental staves (75) is not extremely common so don't expect to make a ton of money. However, pre-RNG nerf Woodworking a was a nearly pure profit craft all the way to 60.

Another thing is that Goldsmithing and Smithing are pretty expensive even early on but the very first synths can actually make profit. You don't even need to be to level 2 in either to make a few ingots out you materials. If you farm your own fire crystals and have some time and patience turn them into ingots to make them worth more than they are as a crystal stack alone. They will sell much slower but be worth much more.