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[sacredsouls]

Crab what voltage are you running at? I find anything over 8.2ish with cartridges hit to hard in my opinion. You maybe also using to much needle hang. I got tattooed by a halo with a 4mm stroke the needle set to come all the way out at 10 volts and got chewed up bad. However I set my needles back a lot and use a lower voltage and my stuff is almost healed as it is walking out the door.


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[fkirons]

In my personal experience with hundreds of machine, I've yet to come across a machine that chews up by itself.
Most of the time the chewing effect is either related, to needle, voltage, rpms, high DC (in coils) or all of the above. But first and foremost, technique.

Almost any decent machine can be dialed in to perform. With different types of machines, technique must be tweaked as well to achieve the desired results. With new machines, it's always a safe call to start low and crank up as confidence in built.

[sacredsouls]

Gaston I agree 100% I didn't mean that your halo was the reason I got chewed up. It was the most painful session of my life and there was quite a bit of blood going on. I didn't have a halo at the time and was asking how it was set up. And he told me 10v with a 4mm stroke set at no give with full needle hang.

I have yet to even have any scabbing using my halo with a 3.2 or 3.6 wheel with slight give at 8.2/8.4v with the needle hang only as much as I need not full hang.

I was just simply letting crab know that any machine turned up too high is gonna have to much torque for what is needed.


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[The Limey]

In my personal experience with hundreds of machine, I've yet to come across a machine that chews up by itself.
Most of the time the chewing effect is either related, to needle, voltage, rpms, high DC (in coils) or all of the above. But first and foremost, technique.

Almost any decent machine can be dialed in to perform. With different types of machines, technique must be tweaked as well to achieve the desired results. With new machines, it's always a safe call to start low and crank up as confidence in built.

Couldn't agree more, technique or the lack of is usually the primary cause of most things bad.

[slicksteel]

sacredsouls it sounds like he sunk a full 4mm in to you!

[sacredsouls]

I guess that is what I was trying to say haha. I have been tattooed by the same guy five times for 4-8 hours a sitting and this was the first time it happened. Maybe he was trying to tell me he doesn't wanna tattoo me anymore lol.


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[sacredsouls]

Sorry to sidetrack your thread Gaston. I in no way am bashing the halo. I use mine everyday and won't part with it.


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[fkirons]

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[crabink]

I sold my halos to get something softer.. i use a lot of 7 and 11 mags and its just hits to hard..
The halo give system, even with the spring cut in half is not even close to soft.

[crabink]

i run it around 7.5 7.9