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I have the Mafell, love it, never use the scoring function. It sets the score line a few tenths of a mm in from the cut line so when you go to line up a panel, butt joint or whatever, there’s a tiny gap.
With the correct sharp blade you don’t get any breakout anyway so I’ve never really seen the point.
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Weird, I'd never noticed the offset of the blade when scoring. I only use it on (cheap) melamine. It leaves a very clean edge, even using the correct melamine blade I find it still needs scoring.
You can set the Festool up to do it easily. I would consider the Bosch if these weren't money making tools. Of course there weren't any options when I bought mine.
Airhead
@nefarious @Airhead @Bobbo thanks for the replies it's been helpful to read through them all. It's going to be for squaring doors, and for the majority cutting sheets of veneered plywood for wardrobes, units, shelves etc. I think I would have just gone for the Bosch but It feels like I might miss the lack of scoring? this is a can of worms