Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:16 am
Re: best machines???
Nightliner wrote:I wrote in another section that as long as the frame is geometrically correct; meaning the everything is slanted and tilted the way it's supposed to be, then you should be able to create a decent machine. I would stay away from bolt up frames as these are more trouble than they're worth, IMO. If you don't know how to tune your machine, then learn before you start tattooing. Tuning your machine was what apprentices learned in the begininng before they were allowed to touch skin back when I was learning.
Best machine in my opinion is not a brand name, over priced work of art, but a functioning tool that puts in a solid tattoo, and does what you need it to do.
If you spend the time to make at least one yourself, then you'll appreciate your machines more. Or at least take one apart and put it back together again, cut your own springs, stuff like that. Besides saving yourself a lot of money, your understanding of the tools you use for your trade will greatly improve. It's hard for some stranger to build a machine that fits your style of tattooing. So, at least learn to set it up. and good luck. And by the way, no machine does beautiful work, it's the artist that does beautiful work, tools just help the process.
i agree
