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Tattoo Guns
All tattooing equipment isn't the same, in neither price, quality or purpose. It's crucial to be sure that you have the correct equipment prior to attempting something as lasting as a tattoo. The components of a tattoo machine are the body with attached parts, the tubes which can be removed for sterilisation after every tattoo, and the needles that are introduced into the tubes and protrude out of the tubes opening at the end. The tubes also have a grip on them, which is where the tattooist holds the tattoo machine. These tubes are almost always made out of stainless steel, with the grips the same, or out of a hard plastic. These tubes do not in reality touch the customers skin, but ink and blood do come in contact with them, which is why they can be removed from the rest of the machine and autoclaved. The tubes are available in many different sizes in relative to the tip where the needles are held being very small to very large. The tube end that connects to the tattoo machine is always the same size so that they are interchangeable.
There are two types of tattoo machines available, a liner and a shader. These are really often dedicated to what their names imply, with little fluctuation. There are small differences in how they're built, with the liner having smaller coils, and a more upright position. The shader is made to be held a slightly more slanted, and has larger coils. The liner is used to hold only liner needles, which are needle bars with only small amounts of needles fixed into a tight group at the end of the needle bar. The needles protrude of the tip of the tubes that attaches to the tattoo machine. The liner, as a machine, brings the needles up and down into the skin which penetrates it, and lodges ink into the perforations. It is used for linework and small details. Most liners can handle needles as small as one needle, or as many as up to ten. The shader is used to fill in larger areas of skin, and needs the larger coils with more power.
A power chord comes with the tattoo machine and into plugs into a power source. The power source has a dial on it that allows the tattooist to adjust the amount of power that the tattoo machine gets. The power source also makes sure that the tattoo machine gets an even amount of power, so that the tattoo quality is uniform. A foot pedal that on the ground also plugs into the power source. This is stepped on to make the tattoo machine run, and released to have it stop. It is just an on/off mechanism, though, and is not pressure sensitive like a car gas pedal. The needles are dipped into ink caps of the color desired. It's much like a paintbrush being dipped into the paint. When it's time to alter the colours, the tattoo needles are rinsed in a cup of water, and then re-dipped into the new colour.
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Contributor's Note
This intel reflects only one of my activities. I also write about and/or have websites on Vespa Scooters, Lambretta Scooters, Hardy Banana plants, Medical memorabilia, reborn baby dolls and much more. Hope you enjoyed the read, Philip Davey
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This intel was contributed by Phildave
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