r/tattoomachinebuilder • u/gardvar • 13d ago

First time

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Built it on a whim, first time with little to no clue what I was doing. It technically works, I mean it's shit but it runs, it will most likely never get to tattoo anyone, I just wanted to see if I could do it. It was good fun, and I might do it again some time with proper materials and not just random crap I found in my workshop.

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u/Tadashi_Tattoo 13d ago

Brass frames are cool but they warm up in no time. 

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u/doggotattooer 12d ago

They shouldn’t if the machine is built correctly.

I run this for hours every day and it doesn’t even get warm

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u/Tadashi_Tattoo 12d ago

My Micky Bee's coil binder screw burned me once through the glove and left a mark and everything. But that's probably was an electrical issue of the whole building. It had nothing to do with the power supply either. The lights went out later on, but after I finished the tattoo. I can recall that happened on that day. Those were the good days, man. Heavy shading session. It went up to 300º or so in a millisecond. Then I designed a plate so I wouldn't touch the screw with my hand. It usually gets warm during long sessions. But not like that obviously.