#tattoo machine

[blondebrainpowered]

Tattoo parlor, 1942

[genericpuff]

NEW MACHINE LET'S GOOOO

I actually bought this guy a few weeks ago (got it for a decent deal from another artist in town who i usually go to first for new machines because he's a total machine connoisseur and he's always got one to sell haha)

BUT it took me a hot minute to actually set it up proper because it's a wired rig and while I still have a lot of my old gear from my coil days, I still had to figure out what still worked and what didn't. Which is a fun game of trial and error and praying that only the cheap shit has to be replaced.

It started with the clip cable, I actually didn't HAVE a clip cable anymore so I had to order one in. Once that was in, I eagerly hooked everything up aaaaand my stinking foot pedal isn't compatible with my power supply (wrong port / cable combo and the adapter has long since been lost)

but w/e that's fine because ordering in a new foot pedal is super easy, but THEN another tattoo artist pal of mine was like "I have a power supply and foot pedal I don't use anymore that I can give you" which would save me from having to order in new shit, but this was like during Christmas / New Year's so I had to wait for him to have time to actually swing by which took like a week and a half

First he just brought the foot pedal, which was compatible but waaaasn't giving me quite as much kick as I needed; it was very clear that while it was hooked up to my old power supply (which isn't in the best condition but still at least turns on) that it wasn't maintaining a stable connection (so I'd kick it and nothing would happen, sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't, it was very finnicky)

so then he was like "ok i can bring you my power supply tomorrow" and then like 2 days later he brought it and we hooked it up and it was better but still pretty finnicky with the pedal kicks

so at this point I'm just hoping and figuring it's the foot pedal that's the problem, like even if it's compatible it's an old pedal and just might not be working up to code like it used to

so I ordered in a cheap $15 one figuring no harm no foul if it doesn't work 🤷

The new foot pedal showed up today! I hooked it up and lo and behold, she's running like a DREAM now <3 and she's even working on my old power supply too which I'm ASTOUNDED even still works because I've been using it since like 2018/2019 and she's taken so many nasty falls over the years 💀😭

It's a Mike Pike PMA direct drive rotary, so she's designed like a rotary, but kicks like a coil. Gentle sound, powerful hit. And getting this rig meant I could FINALLY put my practically brand new cartridge grip to good use, which I bought back in like 2019 for my coil but never got to use because my coil decided around that same time to shit the bed (and after that I wound up switching to pen machines which don't use tubes or custom grips, so it's literally just been sitting in its box on my bookshelf this whole time. I'm so frigging grateful to past me that I never re-sold it or threw it out 😭💓)

so it means I can use this baby with both cartridge needles and long bar needles, I just need to get some disposable tubes for the long bars again! <3 This is such a treat because I started out on coils back when I was first an apprentice, and while I've been used to the comforts of a wireless pen for a while now, it feels really good to get back to the old school methods of a pedal and wired-in power supply <3

I also had NO clue when I messaged my buddy to buy this rig off him that it was limited edition and gold. Like I saw pics online and assumed it was just gonna be a standard black one, but nope, super special limited time only gold machine that's no longer on the market! Which, funnily enough, he had originally bought off my mentor (who I'm contact with for good fucking reason) which just feels like hilarious karma LMAO

Soo yeah! this was my christmas gift to myself and so I'm so ecstatic that it's finally hooked up properly and running like butter <3

[dinosaurwithablog]

Ink Master is back for another season!!! I love this show. I actually bought a tattoo machine to learn to tattoo on fake skin and fruit, but I still gotta figure out how to use it!!😁😁🤣🤣 I'm going to my local tattoo shop to see if they'll trade a cheesecake for knowledge on how to use the tattoo machine 😁😁🤣🤣 here are some of the best tattoos I've seen on the first two episodes of season 17....

This koala bear is spectacular!! It looks right at you and I feel like if I touched it, it would be soft and fuzzy!!

This is the best fish tattoo that I've ever seen. The creativity is off the charts!!

This bird is so delicate and lovely. It's very realistic!!

These are all very nice tattoos, but the top three for me were the first three I posted photos of. It's amazing what people can create!! I don't have any tattoos myself, but I love the art form very, very much!! It's come a long way from where it was when I was young. I love watching this show and seeing the art!!! 😁😍🤗🥰

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[wishbow]

It only took a thousand years but I finally made a tattoo ticket for the website. Please consult with your tattooer and work with them to adapt any images you use, I don't specifically design for tattoos and want you to have the best possible outcome.

[vikramsharma007]

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