Yeah, you're gonna cut all that stuff. But it's still lame to pack a broken canopy.
One thing I would do is take a die grinder with a cutting wheel and slice across that piece , then progressively sand it smooth.
As it is, it seems to me, that's inviting a stress fracture to develop.
Of course, when i was building and slowly trimming sides and front, I'd sand it down to 600 grit on every pass as if it was the final product, just because I was scared to death of something cracking. Probably overblown fear, but it kept me honest.
