Decent chinese machines.

I was having trouble packin colors in so I bought a bunch of cheap ass chinese machines on ebay. Trying out different machines, I found most were junk. I did get my hands on a "handmade" mr luo machine. Wow! Nice solid machine. Cut down my fill in time in half. For 30 bucks, it was a steal. Anybody else ever use one of these machines? Let me know what you think.

I wont knock what you bought...to each his own, but I would recommend spending as much as you can on a quality machine and not that junk....For the $30 you spent on that Chinese machine you could have bought a Hitman rotary or added a few buck and got either Rotary or Coil machines from Hildebrandt and been in alot better shape. I would find it hard to believe that Luo machines are truly handmade, but hey, if it works and your happy rock on!

Hi please go to Ebay and type in Kylin Tattoo I have four of their machines and they truly equal to the micky sharpz machine I own at a fraction of the price I have also put some tattooist friends of mine on to them (my apprentice friend and also the two shop owners) these machines are great
Symon

Excellent, Ive heard they are really nice machines for the money....do you have any pics of the machines or work youve done with them? I have thought about picking a couple up, for the price you couldnt beat it.

These are the machines I have They are taken from the kylin tattoo website as for work I have, that consists of some pretty average practice skins at this stage so no work from me but i will organize some photos of the tattoo my apprentice friend has started on my own leg
Symon
http://www.kylintattoo.com/uppics/2011837252591240.jpg
http://www.kylintattoo.com/uppics/20116144575830682.jpg
http://www.kylintattoo.com/uppics/201152421131559755.jpg
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i have been looking at some of the chinese kits as they seem like the cheapest way to get started and i have heard some are decent.

this one looks like it has enough stuff at a decent price, is it too good to be true, or does anyone know anything about this brand? what about other decent cheap kits?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Professional-Ta ... 609wt_1074

what is the real danger getting something like this... just that it breaks soon? or what? i am just getting it to clean up some of my old handmade tattoos and eventually learn to do decent looking, sorta simple colored/shaded pieces... any info would help, thanks.

i have been looking at some of the chinese kits as they seem like the cheapest way to get started and i have heard some are decent.

this one looks like it has enough stuff at a decent price, is it too good to be true, or does anyone know anything about this brand? what about other decent cheap kits?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Professional-Ta ... 609wt_1074

what is the real danger getting something like this... just that it breaks soon? or what? i am just getting it to clean up some of my old handmade tattoos and eventually learn to do decent looking, sorta simple colored/shaded pieces... any info would help, thanks.

Up to you on whether or not you purchase it or not. Personally I would not. Heres the reason: those machines are gonna give you nothing but headaches, sure they look pretty and all, but a cheap machine is hard to tune and KEEP TUNED, not to mention made with inferior parts and coils. That power supply is junk, no read out on it that i could see, it would work but I like to see what Im doing volt wise, I guess you can just go by sound, which is perfectly acceptable. The inks would be OK for practice but not on skin, throw out the tips as you wont be able to use them on skin either unless you want to get an Autoclave ( $800-$1000)....
all in all, get yourself a better kit, spend a few extra bucks and get something decent, I always recommend the Hildebrant products to everyone as I believe the machines are excellent choices for beginners or professionals, they will hold up over the long term and stay tuned rather well, if you like get a Rotary, then you dont have to tune it at all, just plug it in and your off and running.

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I wont knock what you bought...to each his own, but I would recommend spending as much as you can on a quality machine and not that junk....For the $30 you spent on that Chinese machine you could have bought a Hitman rotary or added a few buck and got either Rotary or Coil machines from Hildebrandt and been in alot better shape. I would find it hard to believe that Luo machines are truly handmade, but hey, if it works and your happy rock on!

I think that mass produced machines - fair price to pay for quality is $150-$250
Hand carved machines and custom builds $250 - $500

But you can get cheap china machines, and rebuild them for about the price of a mass produced (workhorse or one of those other kingpin / pulse/ eikon machines)

Well when I got started I bought one of does eBay kits..and let me tell you there No Good...power supply died real quick machines umm suck..the only thing I have left from the kit is the case..lol.

Hi please go to Ebay and type in Kylin Tattoo I have four of their machines and they truly equal to the micky sharpz machine I own at a fraction of the price I have also put some tattooist friends of mine on to them (my apprentice friend and also the two shop owners) these machines are great
Symon

i agree, i have two Kylin machines and i like them very much. solid built machine, but most of all my lining became much smoother just by switiching to this machine. they come tuned pretty well right out of the box. i will be buying more.