This is going to be the death of me.
I actually started a whole new group, just to farm items to transmute for my main team's transmuter (is that a word?).
I spent most of the weekend just slaughtering the entire n00b zone...and managed to get enough items to get to 21 in the skill....not a typo...21. :S
At least I "think" I can start in on the tradeskill side of it now.

That being said, is there a reliable and up-to-date source for transmuting? Some of the sites I used to use for EQ seem out of date or no longer maintained.