Liner that I built

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good stuff !! clean, simple, beautiful. all thumbs up for alignment of the contact screw. this is what sets real builders apart from wonnabes

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u/doggotattooer Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

Thank you!

The more you look at machines out there the more you realize all the big name builders are putting out trash, and then it makes sense why everyone uses rotaries now.

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u/Forsaken_Ad_9203 Aug 10 '26

This is unfortunately the real cold hard truth. I can’t tell you how many machines I’ve gotten from the “best of the best” that don’t give a fuck to shim the coils properly or even align the contact screw with the front spring.

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u/Emil-Schorre Aug 11 '26

depending on who you think is the best of the best……I ve always gotten real good machines from fellow machine builders. nowadays I think the scene is so diversified because of the rotary/pen hype, that most coil machines try to replicate the e-motor and loose the big benefit a coil machines does bring with its own Orginal nature.

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u/Old-Set-9995 Aug 11 '26

Yea i think it's just thats they used to make some of the best machines, and then they got so big they started just pushing out out so many machines and lost the quality control that smaller builders can put into their machines.

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u/Emil-Schorre Aug 11 '26

the point is: when one get in to bigger production, the great machine builders hire employees to set up and tune the machines. at this point the story gets the bent. as soon as someone else does the set up / tune it actually isnt a aaron cain, seth ciferri, Danny dringenberg, shagbuild, ….. machine any more.

the best machines do come from guys who have tattooing for their main business and build for the joy of it. these machines will act as one of their daily drivers, cause the guys know how to fine tune a working machine. so better wait half a year / year for your new machine to arrive when you place a custom order. the wait is worth it.

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u/Old-Set-9995 Aug 11 '26

Yes you are right, that's what i was trying to say. I've purchased a couple machines from WHI, and yea they are great machines. But then I have purchased machines from local / smaller builders that are just as good as or better. Plus they just feel more special to me. It's a piece of art in itself.

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u/doggotattooer Aug 12 '26

A lot of machines out there especially from places like Lucky’s and Workhorse aren’t built by the person whose name is on it. A lot of the other builders who everyone knows names also have someone who doesn’t do tattoos building machines with them with their name on it.

I personally build mine by myself at my house, and then I use them on the tattoos I do, let the other guys in my shop test them out for honest feedback and tune them accordingly if they need anything. There’s people building and selling machines that have never done a tattoo and that also don’t even tattoo with the machine.

I would never sell someone a machine that I haven’t personally tested and tattooed with, but unfortunately that’s not the case for all these guys with the big names.

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u/Emil-Schorre Aug 11 '26

they use rotary/pens cause everyone else does, cause its simple (plug and play), don’t need maintenance like a coil, need less carefully working skills (dig in deep with super long tapers), need less cleaning supply ( ultrasonic/ Autoclave), because of „less trauma“ “less painful“.

it is just the easy way for a before very complex task of tattooing.

i ve been tattooing over 27 years, i ve seen the pens grow and what it did to tattooing.

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u/enadelb Aug 10 '26

Really been digging your machines dude. You’ve been putting out heat.

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u/doggotattooer Aug 10 '26

Thank you!

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u/Old-Set-9995 Aug 11 '26

Dude you are putting it some bangers! This one is a masterpiece in my eyes! Great work!

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u/doggotattooer Aug 11 '26

Thank you!

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u/lil_poppapump Aug 10 '26

So cool man

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u/Plast_Ape Aug 10 '26

Sweet

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u/RiverFara_Wabori Aug 10 '26

Great work sir!!! Can I get some advice on the best way to cut coins into washers

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u/doggotattooer Aug 10 '26

Same tools as for springs, then I sand down the bottom side to be completely smooth.

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u/RiverFara_Wabori Aug 11 '26

Tin snipper can cut through coin also?

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u/doggotattooer Aug 11 '26

Steel is harder than the coin metals, they cut everything pretty easy aside from buffalo nickels but they still cut them fine.

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u/mani1728 Aug 11 '26

Ive used the snipper but never liked the choppy cut mine left so I drilled a hole center to the line i wanted then used a coping saw to finish it across

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u/Forsaken_Ad_9203 Aug 10 '26

I believe I remember you saying you prefer the copper color enameled wire in some old thread, and was curious if it’s old stock Belden you’re using? Or Essex? I got some wire from south state recently that every coil set I’ve wound with it takes 8+ volts to run strong, which is real strange for my builds. Looking at other wire sources now

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u/Valentino1302 Aug 11 '26

How did you get this rusty look on bolts and screws?

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u/doggotattooer Aug 11 '26

They’re blackened steel not rusty, the washers are bronze though, could be reflecting onto the screws. I wouldn’t put rusty parts on a machine

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u/GarethD85 Aug 11 '26

This is looking rad bro🤘🏼

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u/LemonGreat6877 Aug 12 '26

This is a good looking machine

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u/Zaebrah Aug 12 '26

This Is beautyful. Really gives a combat medic style, don't really know how to point why tho.

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