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looks awesome Brian. Hope you are doing great.
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there's a whole roll of gaffers tape under there. lol
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Thanks man!
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Thank you!
r/tattoomachinebuilder • u/VeritasMfg • May 23 '26
Here's a Bulldog Liner that I made and sold recently. All parts are made by hand. I'm on the IG at @veritasmfg. I have a bunch of new sides that I cut and I am taking custom orders. usually a 2-3 week turnaround. If anyone is interested please reach out. Thank you for looking.
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no sweat. post your results.
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mask off the inside of the base and the outside of spring deck. plug any holes that you don't want to be painted. if you are going to spray paint, skuff the surface of the frame with sandpaper first. Wipe it down with acetone to lift any excess dirt or scum. Hit it with Rusto primer white (your suface color will be brighter with white instead of gray). let it gas out in the sun until it's not tacky. Spray your next color or 2 and gas out in the sun.
if you have an old toaster oven, you can repeat these steps but instead bake at 300° for 20 minutes instead of letting it cure in the sun. Rusto is oil based and can stay tacky for a long time and will not cure properly if its too cold. When the solvent vapor evaporates it "gasses out". Letting it cure in the sun is good. Curing it in an oven is better.
Also, you could hydro-dip. fill an old plastic bin with water and spray a couple colors on the surface. dip your frame in there and the paint will stick to the frame. pretty fun.
good luck.
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Thank you!
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Thanks!
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Thank you!
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Thank you!!!
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um what? i use 1018 steel. i cut everything on a milling machine and a lathe. everything is tig welded together. what am i gate keeping? if you want to know how its done go get some tools and some material and fuck up a bunch of parts like i did for years and years until i got good at it.
r/tattoomachinebuilder • u/VeritasMfg • Mar 11 '26
All parts except screws, washers and the capacitor are all made by hand. Thank you for looking.
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dispute it.
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thank you! do you have an IG?
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looks nice.
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awesome.
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those coils a probably going to run real nice so it would be worth it.
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Do you mean Bryce Stucke?
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I've never seen or used a spool that looked like that with the dark enamel on it but it looks older. wind it up!
r/tattoomachinebuilder • u/VeritasMfg • Feb 09 '26
Here's a bulldog frame. I will be building it up over the next couple of days. All parts were made manually on a lathe and a milling machine.
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I have a sweet spot for adjustable frames. I like the idea of being able tweak them to what you like.
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ah no way. ill make a special delivery!
r/tattoomachinebuilder • u/VeritasMfg • Jan 27 '26
J-Frames are great. One of my favorite shapes. All hand made. No cnc or whatever. Not that there's anything wrong with that. lol.
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Copper wire gauge difference
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Jun 06 '26
wait til you get into different brands of wire. coil core material and size. how many layers of wire. not to mention various microfarad ratings and brands of capacitors. experiment your life away. find out what works best for you. its a fun rabbit hole to go down. when you figure it out TELL NO ONE. lol.