Posts Tagged ‘tattoo rotary machine’

Anatomy of a Tattoo machine

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 10:19 53 Comments

All tattoo machines except rotary tattoo machines are made up of a frame, two coils, copper wiring, an armature bar, power supply and eyeless sewing needles.   The frame of a tattoo machine gun is the outer part. It forms the body of the machine. And then two coils, and it’s just a piece of [...]

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Rotary tattoo machine

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 10:48 182 Comments

  Compared to modern 2 coil tattoo machines, rotary tattoo machines are less used by tattoo artists. Modern tattoo machines use alternating electromagnetic coils to move a needle bar up and down, driving pigment into the skin so they can control needle depth, speed, and force of application, which has allowed tattooing to become a [...]

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