Anyone care to share what they have found to work well with the Hawk as far as voltages and configurations? My current common voltages and needle configurations to go along with them are roughly as follows:
Lining:
I prefer Ttech round shaders as the looser configurations tend to lend to less trauma, but you have to account for size differential. For example I use a 3RS to get a typical 5RL thickness, 5 for 7, and 7 for 9 and so on. I line anywhere from 9 to 10 volts on my eikon power supply and move slow and smooth and get great results. I also have the needle four clicks from full extension. I had choppy results from the tighter liners from both cheyenne and ttech. Been having awesome results with this setup.
Shading:
I have been doing my BnG with the needle backed off roughly five or six clicks and running around 11 or 12 volts using Hawk rounded 13 mags for most things or ttech standard 9 rounded mags, but have had success with almost all my mags in this range. For color have been running around 9 to 10 volts but have the needle fully extended. I recently read somewhere that people have been doing color realism with a shorter stroke and running closer to 12 or so volts to get smoother more buttery looking color.
Any one with any other input or findings please share!
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