And what are you doing with the axe that you manufactured from stick 'n' rock?
Chopping trees, I suppose? To get logs?
And what are you using the logs for? Have you tried building a workbench?

If so - have you not yet discovered what the workbenches are for?
That you can produce a variety of tools on them? 

Left-click a workbench to get the selection menu.

Pick what you want to produce on it (Shovel, Axe, scythe  and lo and behold, a wooden mallet too!)
Check the required components
Craft the item …

Well, you get the gist, right?