Special Technique Owners. TIP!!! workhorse irons rotary too.

[jtattooer]

So I own 2 slingshots. one V1, and a one off one. I recently replaced the tubing on the rear part of the A-bar with some MEDIUM silicone RC fuel line. It turned it into a whole new ball game. The machine had a solid hit, and hit with a little more give. More like a coil machine. but still has that rotary feel. Just a tip for any owner or an A bar driven Special Technique or WHI rotary. this mod will change the feel of the machine totally.

PM me for an questions. Ill be glad to help.

[Wonderland]

huh good idea, im gonna have to try that

[vsprotoss]

Can you post some pictures here? i am super curious what you did. awesome dude.

[serial1313]

Do you think you could post a before & after picture of this ?

[jtattooer]

yes, let me work on that real quick.

[jtattooer]

BEFORE
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z409/tattoobass/54258a2e.jpg
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z409/tattoobass/70564140.jpg

AFTER
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z409/tattoobass/2be19d38.jpg
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z409/tattoobass/f4943474.jpg



The Green hose in the picture is Generic RC silicone MEDIUM fuel line. It costs maybe $1usd a foot. Pick it up at your local hobby store. You could also use different thickness aquarium tubing. Or something hard for a less to no give feel.

Before the white slingshot was a very hard hit. After it now has a very spongy feel kind of like a long stroke coil shader.


The workhorse rotary it affected it in similar ways. My co worker has the WHI rotary.

[jtattooer]

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z409/tattoobass/88e97787.jpg
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z409/tattoobass/2b3209fb.jpg

The aluminum one has a very Long and soft hit, but it was very loose. After it now has a soft and smooth hit. I use it mainly for color blending and black and grey. It is a one off. You may have seen it on ebay recently. But I came to my senses and did these mods to them. now I love them even more than I did before.

[spoonertattoos]

Interested to hear what brian will have to say about this. cool mod.

[jtattooer]

Interested to hear what brian will have to say about this. cool mod.

He's actually the one who told me try different tubing.

[jtattooer]

one thing to add. The original tubing had a little bit of play in the drive bar. and it was an aquarium tubing type of hose. The stuff I put on is a soft silicone tubing.

[nivek]

The Silicon tubing is also PHENOMENAL replacement for nipple/grommit/papertowel

[hellraiser6662]

yep ive been using it for 4 years since i was showen it at a convention at liverpool.. and its cheap

[hellraiser6662]

and if you have a bizarre v1 the give system uses the same stuff i had to replace mine and thats why i know...

[jtattooer]

The Silicon tubing is also PHENOMENAL replacement for nipple/grommit/papertowel

yea i still prefer using a standard nipple. i use to use it like that about 6yrs ago

[Wonderland]

JUst did this mod to my ST carbon axis, cant wait to use it and see the difference it makes :)

[jtattooer]

JUst did this mod to my ST carbon axis, cant wait to use it and see the difference it makes :)

Cool let me know how it works. I did another mod to the slingshot. with a slighty harder tubing. the green stuff was very spongy. ran great. but i wanted a harder hit.

The silver one however runs AMAZING!

[Wonderland]

I used the carbon axis with the silicon tube yesterday to do a tattoo and it was a good improvement to the machine. I was lineing with it and it seemed even smoother then before.

[jtattooer]

I used the carbon axis with the silicon tube yesterday to do a tattoo and it was a good improvement to the machine. I was lineing with it and it seemed even smoother then before.

I feel like it makes it smoother. I enjoy it much better than before. I use it for shading only though.