Has anybody used the new stigma's yet?

[slicksteel]

I think crabink most people really don't care about tuning a machine any more-they would rather have a quiet session,faster heals,lighter and less vibrating machines that lowers wrist pain etc. People want to focus on the art more then being a mechanic and as such there has being amazing art leaps done with rotaries as people focus on tecniques. .
I love coils to and can build and tune them also. And love them for line work and old school whips but you cant beat a linear slide or dd for colorpacking or black or grey.
So I see them as tools and nothing more.But it does look like you are rethinking how you tune your coils to more of a j .carlton type set up and that all came about after using rotaries.

[crabink]

Yeah... lately I been just walkin through piece after piece.. One pass, blending, black ant grey, new school color bombs. I'm loving it.. I gave my apprentice three machines and narrowed down my top shelf coils to 2 pikes a ciferri mini bull dog and a Cory Rodgers. Tuned em up and I am super happy.

However... I think I want to find a long stroke liner/DDcolor
i love the I.D. For lining and wonder if maybe a hm adj would be a good fit.

Prodigy was a real disappointment for me.. Definitely didn't outperform my coils. I'll still give it a go here and there.

[Jan Li]

For me nothing beats a Spaulding and rodgers supreme for lining and shading just nickel and dime difference with the toaster box power supply!!!!!! you dont need more.

[hendricksonart.com]

I think crabink most people really don't care about tuning a machine any more-they would rather have a quiet session,faster heals,lighter and less vibrating machines that lowers wrist pain etc. People want to focus on the art more then being a mechanic and as such there has being amazing art leaps done with rotaries as people focus on tecniques. .
I love coils to and can build and tune them also. And love them for line work and old school whips but you cant beat a linear slide or dd for colorpacking or black or grey.
So I see them as tools and nothing more.But it does look like you are rethinking how you tune your coils to more of a j .carlton type set up and that all came about after using rotaries.

To this day the most saturated tattoos I have ever seen have been done with coils, I do not see that changing rotary's work well and have advantages but coils have some definite unmatched advantages. Tuning is so easy If you understand your machines well. I am not sure how they ever become such a big hassle. I spend about five mins a day making sure my machines are running where they should be and my machines never go out of tune unless a spring breaks.

[slicksteel]

Nedz are sweet liners crabink-they line like a coil.I dont think you will like the HM thoe.

[MickWrath]

To this day the most saturated tattoos I have ever seen have been done with coils, I do not see that changing rotary's work well and have advantages but coils have some definite unmatched advantages. Tuning is so easy If you understand your machines well. I am not sure how they ever become such a big hassle. I spend about five mins a day making sure my machines are running where they should be and my machines never go out of tune unless a spring breaks.

I can saturate with my rotaries as good as I could with coils if not better with faster heal times and less trauma to the skin homie. I can show you Pics of my coil work vs my rotary work for saturation comparison. It's the artist and technique not the machine when you are talking high end coil vs high end rotaries.

[(Opted Out)]

I can saturate with my rotaries as good as I could with coils if not better with faster heal times and less trauma to the skin homie. I can show you Pics of my coil work vs my rotary work for saturation comparison. It's the artist and technique not the machine when you are talking high end coil vs high end rotaries.

true that!

[hendricksonart.com]

I can saturate with my rotaries as good as I could with coils if not better with faster heal times and less trauma to the skin homie. I can show you Pics of my coil work vs my rotary work for saturation comparison. It's the artist and technique not the machine when you are talking high end coil vs high end rotaries.

Do you just use the word homie or is it like deragotory thing? Every time I see you write homie I cant tell if you just use that word of if your trying to be confrontartional. I guess people talk different in different circles my friends dont even refer to me as homie unless they are tying to be funny. I am not saying a person cannot use a rotary and saturate better then with a coil. I am just saying that the most solid tattoos I have seen have been done with coils. I have certain friends and artist in mind who just seem to be above others when it comes to a tattoo being really saturated and just take it to another level. I have seen these peoples work over years hold up like no other and its done with coils I am not saying one is better then the other. Just pointing out my own experiences. I think there are reasons Nicko still uses coils and rotarys they both have there place.