I think we should be able to train LumberJacking to AT LEAST 80 skill by doing melee. What do other people think!?
Nope. It's perfect, you gain quite a lot of damage with it, not to mention a very worthy resource (Oak). Being able to train it up to 80 by melee would make it too easy to gain. Especially for the rewards it gives.
Make everything harder. Don't listen to crybabies. Although I guess the same could be said about the arrow thread, lumberjacking actually makes you money as you gain, unlike Archery (until you get to the higher levels).
I actually haven't finished LJ. I'm not quite to the point where I can get Oak. Would it be nice to be able to get to 90ish through fighting? Sure. Do I want to see it happen? No. LJ is supposed to be tough, especially since it can yield so many different rewards.