How To Debug The Tattoo Machine

With a tattoo machine in hand, we can only adjust the following links: front shrapnel, rear shrapnel, rear spacing, contact screw, damping ring, coil position, rubber band, armature. The coil, iron core, frame and capacitor are basically immovable.

All adjustments revolve around two factors - frequency and power, and I will put the rules together below.

Front shrapnel: length, width, thickness, hardness and bending angle will affect the frequency and power of the machine. Long, narrow, thin, soft and low bending angle will slow down the machine frequency and increase the force. On the contrary, the frequency becomes faster and the power becomes smaller.

Damping ring: thick and thin, soft and hard, thin and soft make the frequency slow and the strength increase. vice versa. In fact, the damping ring is the extension of the front shrapnel. A good front shrapnel can even do without the damping ring, so that the power of the front shrapnel can be maximized and the strength is the greatest.

Contact screw: the closer the contact point is to the tip of the front shrapnel, the slower the frequency is, the greater the force is, and vice versa. The tighter the contact screw is pressed, the smaller the force is, and the faster the frequency is. It is suggested that the contact screw should be as close to the front as possible, touch the shrapnel gently, and rotate it down for one or two circles at most, so that the shrapnel can exert its maximum power.

Rear shrapnel: width, hardness and bending angle will affect the frequency, strength and length of the machine. Narrow, thin and soft will slow down the frequency and increase the power of the machine. On the contrary, the frequency becomes faster and the power becomes smaller. The larger the bending angle is, the longer the needle is, the greater the force of the machine is, and the slower the frequency is, and vice versa.

Rear spacing: refers to the distance between the rear seat of the machine and the armature. In fact, this distance is to change the length of the rear shrapnel, which can be achieved in several ways. Adjusting the length of the armature, the size of the rear shrapnel pressing plate, and the forward movement of the rear shrapnel can change the rear spacing. The greater the back spacing, the greater the force, the slower the frequency, and vice versa.

Position of coil: the closer the front coil (the coil close to the needle) is to the front, the greater the force is, and the greater the distance between the front and rear coils is, the greater the force is. It is suggested that the front coil should be as far forward as possible, and the rear coil should not move.

Armature: the material, length and weight of the armature. The longer and heavier the armature, the greater the force and the slower the frequency. For the time being, I only know that the better the breaking magnetism, the better the armature.

Rubber band: use as little as possible, as long as you can control the beating of the needle. The correct way of installing the needle can reduce the beating of the needle, so only one or two rubber bands are needed.

In general, stabbing color and totem require large machine power and slow frequency, while stabbing black-and-white tradition and sketch require small machine power and fast frequency. You can adjust your machine according to the above rules.