Bow design tinkering

[Carpdaddy]

What others do when they have made enough from one form and want to change designs? I have no blueprints or bows to copy. I am just tacking some wire nails in a board. Bending my pressure strip over or under them, and cutting a riser from white cardboard box. I would appreciate some suggestions on design. Here is a few feeble attempts. (Thin pressure strips don't work very well but give an idea).
 

[Carpdaddy]

Straightened out some..
 

[Carpdaddy]

Riser raised a few more inches...
 
 What would you vary?
Strip is 64", form is 68", riser 14-16".

[kennym]

I like the center one, but would move the nocks about 1.5" lower than the back of riser to give a bit more preload. Adds a bit of performance and is usually quieter to boot because the limbs are loaded more at the end of shot and don't quiver as much.  Just my .02  :D

[Carpdaddy]

Thanks Kenny; I value the opinion of a feller who's design is as popular as yours. I'll try that and repost picture.

[monterey]

So far I only do ASL style, so design is not as complicated as a recurve or r/d. Lately I have been playing with a cad program working on a couple recurve designs.  It's tedious cause that type of program is difficult at my engineering level!

Honestly, your method looks simpler and probably more productive  

[Carpdaddy]

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[Carpdaddy]

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[Carpdaddy]

#6.
Any other thoughts on what would perform best and why?
 

[Carpdaddy]

Well here's where I settled, don't know what kind of performer it will be but wanted to do something different.
 

[Carpdaddy]

Now to get it all smoothed out and covered with a strip of Formica. Those packing strips Troy sends his veneers in make a good layer to put down first, that's what I'm sanding.
 

[Carpdaddy]

Much straighter limbed than my last creation except for the recurve near tips. Here's one of them sitting on top of the aluminum strip I was playing with, a lot less deflex.
 

[Carpdaddy]

Closer to another style I made several years ago except for the forward riser and more flip near the end.