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slicksteel
03-22-2011, 03:44 PM
Well got a super nice Machine from Mike Metaxa
http://www.premadetattooneedles.com/
This is Nice light Weight Aluminum Liner Roundlet Machine. Great for you rotary users as it is balanced well and is well made! He also makes some nice rotarys to that you will see crap copys from china on ebay.
These have handmade springs and coils and binders.
Long strong super zippy liner with a nice amount of give.
Mike gives great customer service and also makes nice needles to.
here is the machine-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtALWC4kA6Y

Support the real deal builders!
Buy one!

Dan Kubin
03-22-2011, 05:56 PM
I like the flutter.
It looks like the a-bar needs to be moved forward a bit though.

slicksteel
03-22-2011, 06:45 PM
easy fix-but the gromments I use with the bands off lined up centered. I have been finding out there is several school of thoughts on that and springs to-first for me useing this type of setup. Who has used the springs like on the tattooed pirates or on nationals?- very big in the center and tapered on back spring and small strip on the front timing. Tryed those but did not care for them to much. Like some builders only use 18 on both I prefere 20front & 18back for lineing with a standard bar for big liners,cutout bar for small liners or bng and 18 & 20ga with heavy weighted bar for solid color packing and standard bar for color blending/layers but never the same ga. on both ends.

INKvisitor
03-22-2011, 09:19 PM
I use bounty and the needle bar is perfectly centered even with 2 rubber bands. Cheers, Mike! Thanks bud!

slicksteel
03-22-2011, 11:28 PM
tru i asked mike to tune for papertowel gromment. I realy like this liner-I think it will become a fav.I am realy likeing how he cuts and tunes his springs/setup.