the Japanese have been bending large timbers to be used in house construction for some time. They bend pieces up to a foot in diameter into pretzel like shapes and bend round logs into squares. I'm of the mind that if someone would/could use a dummy action to keep the inletting from deforming that this technology might work for bending stocks way more than is thought possible.I realize that a lot depends on the piece of wood being bent.What the Japanese do is simply amazing with the large pieces they use.Just a thought.