Question ..Rest on the tillering tree

[Woody Knot]

Hi, all .. another new member arrives...
   I am Building a tillering tree on shed wall .. pulley, rope etc, and am wondering how the rest/saddle where the bow handle sits, should be shaped.
Browsing through different tree postings I see Flat ones, and rounded ones and others clamped on top while others not.
 Is this important or just a matter of taste?

[wizardgoat]

Mine is the butt end of a 2x4. Flat is a lot easier, on my bendy handle bows, after brace I use a little rounded wedge of wood to see the movement better

[Pat B]

Mine is the butt end of a 2x4, also.

[NeolithicMan]

Welcom to PA!!!! I use some birch blocks screwed into on of my fences 4X4 with a peice of scrap leather to pad and grip the bow. I also have a tillering stick for when the weather is nasty to tiller inside. its an old armoir frame that turned out to be solid walnut, put a peice of scrap leather on the top of that too.

[Woody Knot]

THanks for the useful answers, now to built the tiller 

[Del the cat]

I have it rounded so it's free to rock back and forth. IMO it gives a better indication of how it will sit in the hand.
I also take care to support it where the hand will bear on it, and to pull the string from where the fingers will draw.
In other words I try to simulate the actual use of the bow.
Del

[JoJoDapyro]

I used a 2x4. Then moved on to a ratchet strap. Seems to work a bit better.