Hey, been tattooing professionally seven years now. I have always used coil machines. Pulse, SOBA and Mickys..

I really want to pick up a rotary as I keep hearing great things about them from different artists but I do have some questions..

1. I am looking at the Stigma Hyper and Fly. Which of these do you recommend? Can they both perform equally well as a liner and shader?

2. I assume unlike most coil machines these can be used as both a shader and liner with just turning the "give knob" on top of the machine? Is the fly more set up as a liner and the hyper a shader?

3. How are you guys setting your needle. I usually ride the needle out a bit and set it up in the tube by pressing down on the a-bar to see how much stroke I have. You can do this with a rotary I assume, so are you just putting your needle out a pube hair from the tube tip and running it?

Hope there is not too steep a learning curve. Thanks for your time!