Completely new to this site as a member but have been reading it relentlessly for some time. Been using a generation 5 swash drive for 2 years on every piece that requires shade or colour. Feel free to check out my work done with this machine at www.groveturtletattoos.com . Just ordered Mike Metaxa Rotary super excited to build my collection of these absolutely consistent machines. One of the artist at the shop just got a Whip. I used it yesterday and loved it!! I pushed the slider on the rear to the top setting as it seemed to have a stiffer, slower hit, ran it at 7 volts and it was a real power house. Looking forward to some conversations about the future of rotary machines in the industry.