heres the new marksman v1 rotary

**fatcashdaddy** · 12-19-2011, 01:13 PM

got mine today..I have 2 appt.'s later, I'll give it a whirl then

**The Limey** · 12-19-2011, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by fatcashdaddy

got mine today..I have 2 appt.'s later, I'll give it a whirl then

Cool Thom, look forward to hearing your review... in fact I might even call ya to get it LOL!

**merky** · 12-19-2011, 01:49 PM

limey you think your waiting lol,,, a few ppl got there machine so waiting to see what they think.

**The Limey** · 12-19-2011, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by merky

limey you think your waiting lol,,, a few ppl got there machine so waiting to see what they think.

Yeah I bet Merky, you managed to get this out onto the market pretty fast too so you must be on tenterhooks waiting for some feedback!

Biggest selling point for me mate is that the motor is in the housing and not at a right angle. Sadly I was blessed with gorilla hands and the Hawk is just plain uncomfortable for me to hold.

**merky** · 12-19-2011, 03:03 PM

limey the marksman boudy width is 1.34 , I got meat hooks too limey so dont feel bad.

**fatcashdaddy** · 12-21-2011, 12:48 PM

I've had a chance to use the marksman and i must say I'm impressed. there are some things i really like about it and there are some things I wasn't crazy about. But overall I really like the machine. The things I really liked were it performance, it tattoo's really well and there is absolutely no vibration at all. My dragonfly felt like a jack hammer compared to this machine. It very comfortable in my hand. I tattooed with it for 3 hours yesterday and when I was done it felt like I hadn't even picked up a machine yet that day..

what I'm not crazy about it the size. I know merky said he wanted to put a little weight in the machine and he has meat hooks for hands. I do not have meat hooks and would have liked the machine to be a bit thinner in diameter. 1.34" is a little beefy for my liking. I would love it if he could scale the handpiece down to 3/4" to 7/8".. this way I could put a disposable grip cover on it and it would lighten the machine a bit.. having said that, the machine still felt very good in my hand and was a pleasure to tattoo with...

I also wasn't crazy about the depth adjustment. its a bit of a pain in the ass if your using the machine for both lining and shading because you have to change the depth between liner cartridge and shading cartridge. And without knowing exactly where you are in your adjustment, you have to kind of guess and use a bit of trial and error to get it where you want. If your just using it for lining or shading, then its no biggie, you just set the depth and leave it alone...but when I used it for both, it was a bit awkward sitting there, pulling out a allen wrench in front of the customer and fiddling with the machine...

again, I really liked the machine, the upsides far outweighed the downsides (i LOVE the absence of vibration in this machine)...merky, you made a good one!