My Tattoo Machine Journey Comes To And End...

[skinmech]

Great write up. I too have spent quite a lot of time with machines of all types and spent years with them all tinkering and tuning, sometimes even modifying them too. Getting them to run the way I need them. It for quite the obsession and learning experience too.

I sold most of them years ago and am now down to about 6 rotary machines and 8 coils as well, but the coils are all built up from bare frames with parts sourced from all over and often modified by myself.

Exactly...It is what you do with a Machine that makes it work, not the Name on the Box....People need to get real, and understand, money does not the tattooist make...P.

[Wonderland]

Exactly...It is what you do with a Machine that makes it work, not the Name on the Box....People need to get real, and understand, money does not the tattooist make...P.

So true, I have taken some flack from some artists for the bastardizing of some famous builders frames in the past. It is so odd to me to hold true to the mantra of great machines, while they maybe great for some, they may not be great for all.

Even my rotary machines have mean modified ever so slightly to run the way I like. I adapt my machines to me, not the other way around. Call it a compulsion, it is one of my hang ups.

I will give up a simple modification for rotary machines. Capacitors for reducing electrical noise. It really makes the motors run better. This has been a new compulsion for me as of late.