The oaf had finished glassing the outside layups (2 BID and 2 UNI) of the canopy/fuselage top, and then collected some scrap wood to build the frame with which to support the canopy while flipping it over to shape and glass the inside. The oaf had read and re-read the sorcerer's spell-book in order to ensure that he cast all his spells according to plan, but apparently he missed something (remember our oaf's puny little brain from An Oaf's Story)? Anyway, the oaf builds the frame, remarks on the sturdiness of it (to himself, of course - this oaf hangs out alone in the dungeon, mostly) and then proceeds to flip the canopy/fuselage top and meticulously level everything.
So the oaf proceeds to shape the foam, blah, blah, blah, and lo and behold, he's finished glassing the inside layup, and thinks it's time to flip the canopy/fuselage top right side up to fit the hinges, etc. So he does. What does the oaf see when he fits the canopy/fuselage top to the fuselage tub? He sees that the front corners of the fuselage have warped down about 1/4" each, and that a lot of excessive space exists under the canopy frame where it should not. "What the #^%$*@&!!!!!!!", the oaf thinks to himself (and to anyone not legally deaf who happened to reside within a 200 foot radius).
Once again, the oaf thought and thought with his puny little brain (along with mouthing a few more expletives heretofore unknown to the other inhabitants of his abode). After a couple of minutes, it became obvious to the oaf what he had done incorrectly due to the same witch's spell (the one that had vacationed in Bermuda and Antigua, but had returned just in time to screw up our oaf's well laid plans once again).
The sorcerer had shown a picture of the wooden frame in the spell-book, but did not explicitly call out each piece of wood, figuring that most builders were not oafs (oaves? loaf/loaves?). Closer examination of the picture by the oaf revealed a heretofore ignored lower cross-piece on the front support that would have locked the front corners and center together vertically, rather than allowing the center section to sag just that 1/4" (when inverted) that manifested itself as the front corners being too low when right side up.
The utility of this cross-piece now made itself clear to the oaf, as the witch had gone windsurfing in the Columbia River Gorge (and taken this new spell with her), leaving the oaf with his puny reasoning powers intact.
To fix this calamity, the oaf decided to remove the glass and 1/64" aluminum strip at the front corners of the underside of the canopy/fuselage top, remove foam and glass enough to make the canopy/fuselage top sit perfectly flush on the tub, and then re-glass the aluminum strip in place. This would cause the front fuselage top to be about 3/8" narrow on both sides just aft of F-22, but the oaf would be able to cosmetically fix this with micro and one layer of BID while making the canard cover. The oaf did these steps, and the canopy/fuselage top fit perfectly ever after, with only about 4 - 6 hours of extra work (a mere pittance in the grand scheme of an oaf's existence).
Amazingly enough, just like the first oaf's tale, this story has a happy ending but as before if there is a moral here, the oaf does not see it. Once again, why are we not surprised?
Maybe the oaf's tendency to succumb to the witch's spells and miss important sections of the sorcerer's spell book can help other builders, since one oaf seems to be more than enough.
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