Gemini Taurus 3 Diamond Ring Saw

Its a great piece of equipment for my stained glass hobby, but I do feel it is overpriced more like a 250.00 item when you consider the cost of replacing blades is about 90+ dollars when buying the Taurus brand that is recommended.

This ring saw cuts rocks, glass, etc like butter. Is it a little loud? Yes, but not excessively so for a saw like this. I did find that the smaller cutting diameter limits the size of items I can cut, but within the size limit, you can cut items quickly and easily. I love this ring saw.

I have been a loyal customer of Gemini Saw from the time they released the Taurus 2.2 ring saw. That goes back almost 14 years. I had nothing but trouble with it, and was given every excuse in the book as to why the blades kept breaking after as little as three hours of use. Needless to say all of the problems were due to me.They questioned the glass I was cutting, the way I was cutting, and my maintenance of the saw itself. Never was there any problem in the design of their saw, or its blades. I was a novice so I believed what they told me. I was terrified to use any pressure for fear the blade would break. I was using three cold packs to keep the blade cool. I was using two drops of detergent and three tablespoons of vinegar and changing my water at the slightest tinge of milkiness. I sat down at the saw with a feeling of dread not knowing when the blade would break and shatter my glass. I was terrified to use it. Then Gemini came out with the Taurus 3. I thought to myself, surely they must have worked out the bugs by now, and that it was new and improved. I scrapped the Taurus 2.2 and purchased the Taurus 3. I give people the benefit of the doubt. Little did I know I was not dealing with a fair company. The problems with the Taurus 3 were as bad if not worse, and Rose their silver tongued spokesperson gave the same old tired excuses. According to Rose they had never seen anything like the problems I was having and told me there was nothing they could do for me. The saw motor broke twice. The technician told me water had gotten in to the motor and rusted and shorted out. Keep in mind this is a saw that is designed to work in a wet environment. I talked to the president of the company Jesse Cogswell, and he feigned shock, telling me that they found a Taurus 3 under 14 feet of water after hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and it still functioned. The problems continued. They told me I needed to buy new raceways. When that didnt fix the problem of broken blades, excessive vibration, and motor failure, they said I needed to replace bearings. Now I have hundreds of dollars of parts just incase anything goes wrong. Finally it was in rep;air and broken so often, I naively bought a spare Taurus 3 as a back up. This finally came to a head with them when Jesse Cogswell took the phone from Rose and started screaming at me you can kiss my ---! You are getting nothing from me. He repeated this over and over as I sat stunned, until he hung up on me. What could I do? I bought another blade and after three hours ( I kept a log of usage) it not only broke but shattered in three places, shattering the large sheet of glass I was cutting, and cut me in the process. I was was livid. I called them and they gave me the same runaround, but by this this time I had their number and was not nearly as naively accommodating to their excuses. I told Rose that there has to be something wrong here and I need to send it in to be checked. She told me that was unnecessary since there was nothing that could go wrong with their saw, but if I still wanted to send it in, I was to pay for that even though it was five months old and still under warranty. Rose also told me that they had a backlog of repairs, and the soonest they could get it back to me was after January, over two months. Strange, that for a saw which they claim nothing can go wrong, they have such a back up of repairs. I pleaded with them, couldnt I be bumped up since my problem was reoccurring and was not solved and had been going on for so long. I was told by Barbara, their other silver tongued spokesperson bumped up? I would like to bump you off! I replied ditto, and she accuse me of threatening her life and Rose told me the police were on the way to my house. While waiting for the police to arrive I decided, this relationship is over, I need to cut my losses and investigate a new company and a new saw. My advice is to stay as far away from this company and its products as possible. I am cutting my losses and considering a Gryphon saw.

I love it, I can create forms with stained glass that I cannot cut with the regular wheel nippers. Is and excellent tool !! But I tried with ceramic tiles and is a little difficult. I was cutting a cerramic tile and suddenly the band saw broke I was injured. Now I’m so scare to use it again even with a new bandsaw.

A very good machine.

We had an issue with the belt out of the box but Taurus sent us a new one. A good product overall.

Love this product. Makes cutting glass easy and saves time with my stain glass projects.

Ive had this for years and used it from 5 minutes to 3 hours and each time the blade breaks far too easily. I too am a seasoned stained glass worker and I know how NOT to push the glass or blade too hard. Each time the blade has broken it comes apart as brittle little pieces - thats not steel, not even metal in my book. Dont buy this. Use your hand tools or a different bandsaw.

I bought this for my elderly mother who likes to dabble in Stainglass. It has been so simple for her to use and it’s amazing the detailed cuts that it can make. The only challenge has been emptying the heavy tub of water.

This cuts glass like butter. The Instructions were well put together and it was easy to assemble.