Direct Drive Rotary Spits Ink Out Tip

[Alie K]

i have this same probelm only thicker pigments always come out the top of the tube... i have tried tighter rubber bands , bending the needle bar out? does anyone else have this problem? what can i do?

One thing I've found with thicker pigments, is that I have to run my machines slower. If you are not having problems with thinner inks, only the thick ones, either dilute the thick ink with a drop of distilled water or witch hazel into the ink cap so that everything is uniform, or slow your machine down to accommodate the thick ink.

I think it was Specialtechnique and/or rjdaddio that posted an interesting response to a thread about Dragonfly machines spitting ink out the tube because of people running them too fast and it almost building up somewhat of a vacuum which made the ink travel up the needle...

[Dan Kubin]

do you think those needlerunners would work well with a direct drive?

[The Limey]

do you think those needlerunners would work well with a direct drive?

I really can't see why not if they do what they say they do, which is basically stabilize and centralize the needle in the tube, reduce friction and prevent stuff travelling up the tube. I guess it just depends on how cost effective they are. I have some ordered but don't have a direct drive to try them on.

[slicksteel]

I think they would work but you would prob have to clip on closer to the needle end as directdrives have to have some side motion play as to not bind up.

[Administrator]

I feel like we need to make a "will it work?" video!

[mattcicada]

i have one of roys and one of mikes they both do it... not the linear kind... what are needle bar runners?

[Administrator]

http://www.rotarytattoo.com/showthre...t=needlerunner

[The Limey]

I feel like we need to make a "will it work?" video!

That is a damn good idea actually!

[mattcicada]

thanks for the heads up!

[peter clements]

I have one of Roy's machines and they are beautifully made. Setting them up is not so straightforward ,you have to put a big bend in the needlebar and then you'll need like five bands doubled over to stabilise the bar I've also used two Orings at 16mm id which looks neater on the machine.The frame on my machine already has two notches machined into the edges which stop the Orings sliding down.With fiddling this is what works albeit tedious,however I have some Needlerunners on order and hopefully they will put an end to this game.