Need some help with tiller tree.

[1oldbowguy]

  I am going to make my tiller tree this weekend but not to sure just how to.      

[No-sage]

A 2X4 with plywood cradle's for the bow.  Bolt a pulley to the bottom.  Some type of clasp hook for the bowstring and a piece of scrap wood for the handle.

It's nice to mark the 2X4 every inch or 2 to measure draw length.  A scale is very useful for weight measuring.

[Roy from Pa]

     

A 2x4 screwed to the wall but not mandatory, a bracket 4 inches wide to hold the bow is all you need mounted on a wall, mine is 1/4 thick steel and 1.5 x 1.5 welded together, a 3 inch pulley mounted on the bottom, and 1/8th inch braided wire cable, same stuff used for garage door openers. And you want to mark lines down the center to indicate your real draw length. These lines are measured from the back side of your handle on down the tree, you can see the lines in the video and picture.

The way it used to be here.

   

   

     

I went to the angle iron because I now use a real string in the string grooves of the bow. I used to use the real long tillering string with the leather cups on the end which gave me string slack under the cradle which holds the bow in the tree. But with going to the real string and having the string laying tight up againist the belly of the bow when I first put it on the tree, the angle of the plywood cradle would not allow that.

[1oldbowguy]

Thanks guys, will do my best and give it a go.

[Pat B]

OBG, A 2x4 block attached to the wall at eye level and a pulley attached to an eye bolt about 3' to 4' below and a 10' peice of 1/4" nylon line with an "S" hook to go on the bow string and a short piece of wood for a "T" handle will get it done. From here you can add a ruler(s) centered on the wall and grid behind helps top get things even.
  I made a protable one for remote tillering. It is a 2x4 block(for the bow handle to sit on) attached to a 6" 2x4 and the pulley below. I tie or clamp this to a post, tree or other solid mount for use.

[eflanders]

OBG, I used a scrap of 2X4 and screwed it perpendicular to one of the wall studs.  I did shape the top of the 2x4 into a V so that it fits into the deepest portion of the bow grip.  I then screwed a pulley into the floor, ran a cable through it.  Attached to the end of the rope is a carabiner, which is attached to my bow scale, which then clips onto the bow string.  On the other end of the rope I have an old two-handed handle attached.  This setup allows me to work on any shaped bow handle, stand away and access the tiller etc.

[John Scifres]

Here's mine.  A 2x4 lagged to a stud in the wall with a sturdy pulley near the floor.  Good luck.