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Oklahoma? Cool, me too.

Who are you apprenticing under? I just wonder if I might know them

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6.7v should be fine. Not even close to too high.

Check the wiring on your machine. There shouldn’t be any bare wires touching the frame, if there is it could fry everything because it creates a short. Also check your capacitor, it could be rated high or something…

Do you have any pics of your setup?

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If it was done the very first time chances are it wasn’t your fault. Most likely a product default..

But you could have been running it way to high as well, what was your voltage settings? Another thing could be that the machine wasn’t built properly so it wasn’t grounding and caused a short. What material is your frame made out of? Does it have rubber spacers to avoid wire contact with the frame itself?

Anyways, welcome to the forum!

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Welcome!

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As long as the client is happy that’s all that really matters.

But, I think you have potential to be a lot better than what you’re doing and I think you should practice a bit more often. This looks good, but it doesn’t look amazing. You know what I mean?

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Oh okay, that does sound better.

I don’t really know what to say about the tattoo, it’s really cartoony but I don’t know if that’s what you were going for or not. I guess it depends on what the client wanted in the design. Technique wise, however, it looks like a good solid piece. Could use more depth though. a little shading and some highlights can go a long ways.

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It definitely sounds like a decent machine and built right. But I really don’t know.

The frame being copper is kind of pointless, and it will eventually turn green. Although I suppose with regular cleaning it should stay pretty shiny… It’s good that it is made out of a non-ferrous metal but copper isn’t really the best choice. I would prefer brass if your going to go for the high-dollar metals anyway. But the fact that it is CNC machined probably means it will be made right and have good geometry. Everything else sounds like a good deal.

Iron has the best magnetic properties so that is a good deal to have in the coil cores and armature bar, and a must for the yoke since copper is non-ferrous.

Do you know how thick the yoke itself is?

Also, where are these machines coming from? Is it someone you can trust, like an actual dealer? Or is it coming from any regular ebay seller, not that ebay is bad just that its easy to get burned there…

What else can you tell me about the machines? Do you have pics?

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What the heck? He got you to do a tattoo in his shop for him and then completely ignored you?

Sounds like he was just using you to me.

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Welcome back.

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Welcome!

And as far as I’m aware there are no rules that say you can’t greet newcomers unless you’ve been here a while lol.

Its never too late to start your journey, look at guys like Bob Tyrrell, he didn’t start tattooing until he was in his 30’s as well

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Either way, but lately I’ve been wanting to do more black and grey tattoos so I’ve just been using regular pencils

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+1 to JBeau

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As far as theory goes, most of the time your mentor won’t expect you to know diddly about how to work a tattoo machine. But it doesn’t hurt to know it.

Honestly though, I don’t know if it will come up, but I do think you really need to immerse yourself in the culture and learn a bit of history about tattooing. It would help to show that you were serious.

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Welcome

Best advice? Keep drawing, keep practicing, push yourself. That’s pretty much it. You need drive, discipline, and passion.

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It doesn’t matter how good you are there is always room for improvement :)

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