Hello everyone - new to this forum, but tattooing since 2000. I just purchased my first rotary machine yesterday, and have been spending hours reading the various threads here. What great information! If the search function fails me in my attempts to find out stuff, please bear with me. I'd love to hear from any other Rapier owners about the peculiarities and experiences of working with their machines. Thanks!
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11-19-2011, 11:48 AM #1Junior Member
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Greetings, all...
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11-19-2011, 11:55 AM #2Machine Builder
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howdy!
Those rapiers work great with a smaller rubber band -same size the neumas use and u dont have the problem with it slipping off the back end.They also run smoother.also lube the slider with a synthetic lube made for paintball guns chamber bolts works wonders for it.
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11-19-2011, 11:58 AM #3Knows Whats Up!
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Hey Meryl ,
Remember that funky machine you showed me a few years ago ? I think it's a swash drive don't know if it a genuine swash or a copy but u may have 2 rotaries unless you got rid of it.
Welcome aboard !Last edited by Mr.Taboo; 11-19-2011 at 12:01 PM.
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11-19-2011, 05:18 PM #4Junior Member
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Thanks for that tip, Slicksteel - the paperwork that came with the machine indicated that it was "self-lubricating"...?! (sounds kinda sexy).
Fitz - i know I handed that machine off to somebody, I think it may have been Charlie...gotta ask him for it back, now! Remember how it sounded like a tiny blowdryer when we plugged it in and ran it?
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11-19-2011, 05:20 PM #5Junior Member
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p.s. - wasn't a real swashdrive. It was a copy that a guy I knew years ago made for his wife - she did eyebrows eyeliner and such...
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11-19-2011, 05:35 PM #6Knows Whats Up!
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Welcome aboard
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11-19-2011, 06:13 PM #7Senior Member
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Hello and welcome to the forum
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11-19-2011, 08:54 PM #8Machine Builder
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Welcome to the forum!
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11-20-2011, 02:13 AM #9Member
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Yay! Welcome to the forum Meryl! Take care of my Rapier! It deserved a better home than the one I gave it. All sad and neglected in the drawer.
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12-08-2011, 01:27 PM #10Junior Member
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thanks, everybody!
Ainslie - i am sooo curious about the rotary machines that don't have that "give" that the Rapier has...might end up purchasing a Neuma from you yet, ya never know...!
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