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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.
huh good idea, im gonna have to try that
Can you post some pictures here? i am super curious what you did. awesome dude.
Do you think you could post a before & after picture of this ?
yes, let me work on that real quick.
BEFORE
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/...s/54258a2e.jpg
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/...s/70564140.jpg
AFTER
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/...s/2be19d38.jpg
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/...s/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.
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/...s/88e97787.jpg
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/...s/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.
Interested to hear what brian will have to say about this. cool mod.
He's actually the one who told me try different tubing.Quote:
Originally Posted by spoonertattoos
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.
The Silicon tubing is also PHENOMENAL replacement for nipple/grommit/papertowel
yep ive been using it for 4 years since i was showen it at a convention at liverpool.. and its cheap
and if you have a bizarre v1 the give system uses the same stuff i had to replace mine and thats why i know...
yea i still prefer using a standard nipple. i use to use it like that about 6yrs agoQuote:
Originally Posted by nivek
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wonderland
The silver one however runs AMAZING!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wonderland