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Alpha Taurus:

The Alpha Taurus is less well-known than many other machines, yet it is the finest faceting machine in its price range.  The Taurus will look familiar to those of you who know the old Imperial faceting machine.  The Taurus is the latest incarnation of the Imperial, but has several refinements.

Quality machining and attention to detail are obvious features of the Taurus.  What is not so obvious is how easy the Taurus is to use.

The cheater is straightforward to use and indexing is quick and positive.		The angle is set within 5 degrees on the coarse cam scale.  Then, with the fine angle knob, you can refine the angle setting within 1/10th of a degree.  It's easy to extrapolate between tenths of a degree.

The Alpha Taurus features a very accurate self-centering chuck.  After dops are inserted into the chuck, they are secured in place by tightening a brass knob on the back of the index gear. (The nut seen on the right side of this picture has been replaced on the current model, and is now an easy to use brass knob).   The quill can easily be freewheeled. This is a handy feature that helps with inspecting your stone, preforming as well as aligning your stone flat on the lap after transferring. Freewheeling is accomplished with the red knob on the top-center of this photo.

Instead of a spindle nut that obstructs the center portion of the lap, the Alpha Taurus uses a countersunk bolt.

The Taurus is a soft stop machine, but by tightening the red knob under the dial indicator, it can be set to become a full hard stop machine.  This allows the faceter to cut by ear, but the dial indicator does not work in this mode.  For more information on hard stop and soft stop machines check out our How-to & Tips section.

The Alpha Taurus comes with the following features and accessories:

• Lamp

• Quick release mast height adjustment

• Splash Pan

• Drip Tank

• Dovetail slides for horizontal movement

• Fine angle adjustment

• Dial indicator

• Precision transfer block

• Positive dop keying system

• 96 Index gear

• 45 degree table dop

• Set of 12 dops (4, 6, 8 and 10mm)

• Drip tank

• Reverse switch
  The manufacturer's suggested list price for the Alpha Taurus is $2600.

Below is a listing of accessories we carry for the Alpha Taurus.  We have included list prices to give you an idea of the approximate cost of each item.

Alpha Taurus Index Gears

32 Index gear

64 Index gear

72 Index gear

80 Index gear

96 Index gear

120 Index gear

Alpha Taurus Dops  (5/16" diameter)

2mm  -  1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

3mm  -  1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

4mm  -  1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

5mm  -  1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

6mm  -  1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

8mm  -  1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

10mm - 1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

12mm - 1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

15mm - 1 each:   Flat, Cone and Vee dops

Taurus Accessories

Precision transfer block

Drip tank

Splash pan

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