Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
The only time I have ever used a table saw for any stage of making scales is to cut slabs from a log. Even that was scary business. I would not recommend trying to make the scales themselves with a table saw. I don't even know how you would do that as a table saw is really only meant for making straight cuts. The kerf is the cut of the blade. With a band saw it can be very narrow and short but with a table saw it is long and at least an 1/8 inch wide. If you try to make a curved cut it will either kick back or it will buck and cause you to cut yourself. Either way, no good can come from it. If you have a coping saw you can use that just like you would a band saw.
I wasn't actually talking about cutting scales, but rather slicing a 1/8 slab from a thicker block that i can then use to make scales. The block being a couple of inches wide for example.