Craig, from your description the cylinder requires resharpening and to get a good result you will need to have the bed knife (stationary blade) resharpened at the same time. You can find out who has the required skill and equipment by finding out who sharpens the blades for your local bowling club. Meanwhile do not adjust the bedknife - it is too close to the cylinder already. When cylinder and bed knife are both sharp, you can adjust the mower so it will cut paper for the full width of every blade, without the fixed and moving blades touching each other anywhere, ever. However, listen to the advice you will get from Deejay on this - if you are going to restore the mower, you will need to paint the cylinder before sharpening it, then begin cleaning it after each use so the ground edges do not rust.