Quote Originally Posted by fkirons View Post
Done before the Stigmas.
Like gaston said: There are so many machines that did this way before Stigma did with the beast. Including an old model Stigma. The Ellerman, for example has a similar method. The is another German builder named Gene or something that makes another machine like that too. Tony Lynx in the UK made machine that the needle bar needed cutting. stigma wasn't the first by a long shot. Besides Cary ( tattooed pirate ) has been building rotary machines since the ( he can clarify if i am wrong ) 80s, he has more likely made machines with clamp down needles before.