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Along the same lines as other suggestions but I use a 1"rasp to chamfer the MDF not all the way along but at intervals i.e. where you would normally fire in a diamond, triangle or whatever. Rasping at an angle provides plenty of 'meat' for routine fixing and if the MDF appears rough it can be ...

Congratulations - Simons get there in the end! They've been like that for the 20 odd years that I was in the trade but I couldn't have done without them and wouldn't want to have done. Is that Bob Jones you refer to. He's a 'diamond'.

Fit new or properly re-ground blades. You'll soon realise how bad the old ones were. I was guilty of putting blade changing off and what happens - they chip and it's all down to stupidity! Give your hard working Morso a treat and fit replacements.

Cheers