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a friend of mine has a micky sharpz contraption iron machine ....says its a liner but it looks like the shader set up. the engravings on it look legit and stuff and so does everything else...but u never know ....he got it off ebay a few years back. anyone know how to spot a fake? i can take some pictures and post but the quality wont be that great...iphone 3g. he wants 170$ for it which seems like a good price being they are 290$ brand new. it runs great.
post a picture?
Yep, look where the contact screw binding post is.. Now follow the inside of the back plate inwards and there should be like 2 halves of a circle thing... Its a micky sharpz hallmark, the fakes have nothing there so if there is an indented mark its real if there isnt its a fake all numbered micky sharpz have that,
has the year 2004 inscribed on the side of the vice area
Did u look for the hallmark?.. It looks pretty damn real to me, except the springs! Change that shit
in his exact words " it wasnt hitting right so i bent the spring tip and it runs better" lol. never seen a spring bent like that
Yeah just put new springs on that, bending the spring like that isnt good, probably bent it like that as not enough rear spring tension
u can only see it with a flash light but on the frame behind the coils there is a circle stamped there with some sort of symbol in it, can barely see cause the coils
Yeah thats the one! Its a real micky!! :) Usually the silver contact screw is a give away too, there too cheap to put silver contact on fakes!...
guy told me its a liner but seems like the shader set up. looks like 10 wrap coils
2004 ? I wouldn't pay that much for it. The machines after 2000 really are not that great. I had a 2002 microdial that I just sold for 100 because they need a complete rebuild to be worth anything.
That's just my 2 cents.
I agree, I was thinking more on a price about 75$. these machines seem to run as good as the chinese knock offs IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by nivek
it actually runs pretty good. nice flutter , testing it on an obiwan traditional portrait in about 5 minutes. my workhorse irons coil liner is way to fast...and my little shitty 50 ironworkhorse i got when apprenticing stinks so ill prolly buy it if it performs well this tattoo.
those ironworks frames n coils with the proper spring,abar and shim set up run like a dream!
hey nivek what is the major differences in quailty? I was always going to pick one up but all the mess i hear about them have always been a turn off.whats a good year to look for one at a not crazy price?Quote:
Originally Posted by nivek
HI CanjunDave! I have had all of Mickey Sharpz machines and i can tell you its the real deal you have there the back spring is a original maybee also the front spring but its bended a litle different than the normal one. Its a Shader set up for sure but Mickey machines is on the faster side when comming out of a box shaders running around 105 loaded uoy can use it as an all arounder. If you hear a Contraptions Liner from Mickey Its singing fast and smooth around 130 140 Loaded.
Jan li
Just on the Mickey Sharpz 'later models' subject. I have just offloaded two virtually brand new machines. An Iron Micro Dial and a SS Hybrid. I used them a handful of times and they ran like crap in my opinion. I didnt want to change out the springs etc, cos the machines wouldnt be original then, so I sold em. The back spring pressure was immense, consequently there was no 'punch' to em. And they ran too fast for my liking. I cant see a fake running any worse than an original!! Which says a lot!
gave it a test run last night. ran fast and soft, would be a decent black and grey machine. runs smooth has a nice flutter to it. i needed a liner though :( lol
from the pic, the coils look like the BIGGEST one from M.SHARPZ, 10 WRAP, so must be the SHADER version
thanks for all the help