I use my tree like a stick, I have 3/8 holes drilled every inch for a 3/8 dowel to go in, works great. I would also suggest using a tillering guage or some of us call it a" walkie talkie", cause it tells you where you have hinges or where your bow is flat. works very well with board bows and backed bows because they are usually without humps, dips and snakes. Basically it is just a piece of 3/4" square stock, about 4-6 inches long and has a hole drilled in it jut big enough to fit a pencil in. It is real easy to use just get your tillerin string on and hook it on a few inches down or just enough to bend the limbs, then put your pencil down to the lowest setting and run you stick up and down each limb, if you have a spot that is bending faster than the rest of the limb you will see a gap between the stick and bow. Next step, push the pencil down until it almost touches the bow, then run the stick back down the limb and where the pencil marks are scrape some wood off, say 20 strokes, do this until both limbs are bending evenly down to your chosen brace heigth, after that you should be able to just chase weight to your desired draw length. Sorry I am being long winded but this works very well. Hope this helps you some and here is a picture of the walkie talkie.
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