I am usually only bending the tips,,but It will probablly mess with tiller,, and may need some work after the recurves are put in,, but our main concern at that point is thinning the tips as near as possiable to finished thickness , to prevent cracking while we are bending tips,, the recurves may need to be tweeeked form side to side,,each one comes out alittle different,,once the limbs are recurved the hard part is over,,