neo tat mod gone wrong

[Alie K]

info (at) goodtattoos (dot) ca

[Alie K]

**2eckies - read my tutorial on how to add pictures in the how-to thread at the top of the forum, or use the little icon box (3rd from the left) when you are making a new post to insert an image.**

So, here is his mod gone wrong (sent to me in an email)



and here is what the connecting end on my neotat looks like - I have the rca/clipcord mod, so it's a little different.




Can anyone tell what he might have done wrong? Insulation where there doesn't need to be? Guesses? I'm not good with electrical stuff - unless I'm given instructions on what goes where and what might ground out, I'm lost.

[Alie K]

You didn't disconnect the wires from the motor, did you? Mine has a red wire that comes from a spot where there's a red dot on the motor. I couldn't see that in your pic.

[jonjon]

Hi I did this to my neo tat and it would not run could not figure it out after about a half hou I realized it was grounding out from the screws touching the plate what you need to do is take a small piece of shrink tubing and seal it to the top part of the screws that touch the plate when ot goes through the hole and then make sure you have an insulated washer on both sides and it should work fine.

[Alie K]

So, basically make your own shoulder washer. The screw may be touching the sides of something it shouldn't? It's difficult to tell if the arrangement on his mod is screw> wire eyelet> washer> insulated washer> backplate.

[jonjon]

yes so I put it together with plastic washers on each side and it wouldnt run then figured out the threads of the screws were grounding out on the plate so I put shrink tubing on the top half of the treads drilled the holes a little bigger to compensate for shrink tubing put it back together and she purred like a kitten

[2eckies]

i went as far as removing everything but the wires, just a hanging motor and wires and still no dice, I got in touch with Ray and im going to send off the machine and have him do his thing, when its gets fixed then it will hopefully shed some light and ill try to post the issues, hopefully it will help someone else who may have this problem, thanx all for ur help.

[2eckies]

alright, so Ray got back to me, what happened was the bolts i decided to use were to big. the head of the bolt , when i installed the bottom plate back on, squeezed up against the motor crushing the motor case just enough to seize it...so yup, thats what happened. It is now in the hands of a professional and being modified all proper like, Ray you the fucking man.

[Alie K]

alright, so Ray got back to me, what happened was the bolts i decided to use were to big. the head of the bolt , when i installed the bottom plate back on, squeezed up against the motor crushing the motor case just enough to seize it...so yup, thats what happened. It is now in the hands of a professional and being modified all proper like, Ray you the fucking man.

Wow - it's amazing what something so seemingly small can affect.