New silver centri owner

[mrbudgie]

Hello All

would appreciate some starting voltages for the new centri machines for black and grey shading, colour packing and blending. and any other useful settings.
power supply is cx2

cheers guys

[darkness]

hi ... 4-5 v for lining , around 6 -7 v for color packing and blending

[Sage Oz]

I run around 5.5 - 7 volts, depending on needle size and how the skin is taking it.
I haven't lined with it yet...

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[Cyberitual]

5.5-6.5 should be able to achieve anything your looking for. Lining same thing just alittle more tension on the band

[Sage Oz]

Okay I finally lined with my Centri today bold 8round at 7volts did the trick. Took a sec to get the feel but it worked quite nice


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[mrbudgie]

Had ago on centri today, felt like tattooing for the first time hahaha.
Started at about 5.5 going upto 6. Seemed a little slower and shortened stroke so when machine was static needle were square with tip and not too much coming out when running.was using a 08 11 bugpin mag.

saturation was not too bad but not as heavy ink placement as I am used to with my coil.

Want to get it running close to my coil shader/packer which runs between 95 to 105 htz (depending on how clean contact screw is lol) its got very short throw so short that when setup the needle is showing and I use the upwards compression to not snag. Normally about 4.5 to 5.5 v for black and grey so it bogs down and 6 to 6.5 for packing. So just need to get me centri working similar

Let the fun begin haha

[Cyberitual]

How was your rubber band setup? Sounds like it had alot of tension on it.

[Sage Oz]

I always use just one band


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[Stripe]

I have been using 2 types of bands I'll use on mine. I have a thin one that helps it run a longer stroke and harder stroke, a stiff band that lets it run real soft with a shorter stroke.
Playing with the tube placement was the hardest thing to learn when I first got going with the Centri. After I figured that out it runs like a champ.

[mrbudgie]

bit shy about posting pics on here after seeing some of the cracking stuff in the galleries here. Did the shading and colour on this today with the centri still getting used to it, but it does seem temperamental in the stroke length and speed not sure if its the stroke adjuster playing up, it spends most of the time on a nice zappy short throw with just right amount of puch but then sometimes goes to a bigger floppier throw with less speed and grunt tried getting a vid of it

heres the vid, had to record it from one phone to next to get it to the pc hahaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcbjTfPPEJI