A wise old-timer tattoo artist once told me that a good tattoo
maker should be able to tattoo well with any machine, if given
enough time to tinker with it. You will see your game improve by
leaps and bounds if you switch from a lower class machine to a
better made one. Better constructed machines made of higher
grade materials will not only run cooler and smoother, but they
will stay in tune longer and save you a lot of frustration while
keeping your work consistent. While completing my apprenticeship
I had the most out of tune and horribly cheap machines in
the shop. It was that difficult training with cheap and old machines
that eventually taught me that I could do pretty good
work with anything. Once I was “allowed” to buy my own “real
machines” I was amazed at the increase in the quality and healing
of my tattoos.
Old advice when buying tattoo gear…
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Let it dry
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Allow the purple ink to dry. Some artists will immediately begin the tattoo if the placement is acceptable, while...
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Spring Gauging
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There are two springs on the standard tattoo machine, the front and the rear. In the standard spring setup...
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6.2 Mixing for Shading
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There are just as many methods for creating different variations for shading in tattoo as there are ways to...
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What do the coils do?
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As electricity flows through the tattoo machine it travels around the coils in the wire, creating an electro-magnetized core....
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Stroke Length
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There are a few factors involved in the stroke length or the “throw” of the tattoo needle. The throw...
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Different Coil types
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Coils come in all different shapes and size variations. The most common variance is observed by the number of...
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Tattoo Gun versus Tattoo Machine
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Secondly, another example; which deserves explanation, of an interchangeable term is “tattoo machine”. You may be asking right now,...
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Rotary Machines
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You might hear of rotary machines every once in a while, or see them in catalogs of equipment. There...
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