Nedz Micro-Rotary Review.

I could have sworn there was a thread where Ed from Nedz was saying that they were using a Fualhaber motor. Maybe that is for the next version. Or maybe it was in the prototype of this machine.

Let stop this before it gets out of hand again at the moment I use mabuchi motors they cost about 15 dollars each and this kept the initial cost of the machine down. Remember that anyone that bought a machine through the forum paid £225 and not £270. Also I sell may machine mostly to other supply companies in Europe and the US and these machines are sold at a whole sale price which means i make even less. I could have posted up a computer aided design of my machine and told you how wonderful my machine was going to be. Then got you to pre-order, took your money and used it to make my machine but I didnt. I used my own money to develope the machine so surley I entitled to make a little profit. Also I spent £1000 making the needle bar tensioner and then offered it free to anyone that wanted one plus I offered to fit it for free to anyone that could not do the job them selves as we are not all machine builders. I am currently working closely with a Swedish tattooist and he seems very satisfied with the machine you can see his work on my face book page.

The next batch of machines will have a slot type vice, use the same needle bar tensioner as the dragon fly and will be able to take a Faulhaber 1717 motor for any that would like to upgrade the motor.

The MR02 when its ready will use a Faulhaber 1717 motor which cost about 60-100 dollars depending on the quantity I purchase and I hope to have the prototypes ready for the London convention.

I hope this has answered any questions you have on the machines

I have 2 and will NEVER let them go... Ed is one stand up dude for sure and yes he offered the needle tensioners for free and off to put them on for free and is always there to walk u through any problems u may have... NEDZ machines are deff a MUST buy

I would quote you on all that Ed but that was a lot to say. I knew there was something about a faulhaber motor. Sounds great.

Hey Ed, is there a distributor in the US for those needle tensioners? I called friction tattoo a couple times and they say they dont carry them.

I did send some to Friction they must have given them all to customers but send me your address I will pop one in the post for you.

I still back up my original review...

All i mean is with a few small upgrades it would be hard to beat. Thats a good thing, honestly i have started with the nedz and sold it to try another and so far went through a good amount of rotarys doing that. Now i see that the nedz is built just as well as any other rotary i tried so far. The machine build/frame and parts were as good as any other rotary i have tried. The customer service was as good as it gets, answer to ever email. I say make a super hard spring equal to hard plastic tubing so the give is 0 or little as possable. Yes those needle tensioners worked great and i like that you could angle it to put preasure in a few spots on the bar. It would be nice if it came with all strokes

My point is that i believe too many builders are releasing prototype level machines and then expect us to buy the "new improved mark 2" machine. Look at Gaston's machine. How many times has he gone back to the drawing board BEFORE releasing a machine?! To me that's how it should be done! The Rotar has had issues, The Marksman has had issues, The Nedz has had issues, i could go on. All these "issues" are things that could've been ironed out before an official release if a good amount of testing in the field had been done. I'm not singling out Ed, it's just one of the examples of a machine not quite ready for full production in my opinion.

I remember when the "old timer" rotary was being built, I done a review on it a while back. The Builder asked the initial users (5 of us) to look for any existing faults or issues, or possible future ones. As the design and build quality had been thought out prior to build, only 2 small points came to light (Rear clipcord posts were too long, and a thicker collet was required to cope with dispos). The machines were recalled, the issues fixed and the machine design has remained the same, and this still is a £100 Machine.. I agree "prototypes" should only be used to gain opinions,not become the bench mark for future build models, unless the are "fit for purpose " from the word go.....I guarentee the Nedz went through a few models,design features and testing before arriving at the model we see today. If not I will eat a Ciferri Sandwich...LOL