Thinking about trying your hand at tattoo art? It is not necessary to start your hobby with the purchase of expensive professional equipment. You can try what it is by building a tattoo machine with your own hands. Yes, believe me, it's real. We will walk you through the step by step video instructions for assembling the device.
What you need: option 1
In order to make a tattoo machine with your own hands at home, the first thing you need to arm yourself with is the following:
- Pliers.
- Folding knife.
- An unnecessary toy with an electric motor.
- Ballpoint pen with plastic base.
- Tattoo ink.
- Antiseptic.
- Guitar string.
- Insulating tape.
- Wine cork.
Is everything in place? Let's get down to business then.
How to make a tattoo machine with your own hands
So let's get to work:
- First remove the refill from the ballpoint pen and rinse it thoroughly to remove the contents. It is better to operate in thin protective gloves.
- Cap from the samethe handle is cut with a knife to 2/3 of its length.
- Now let's move on to the toy - carefully remove the motor from its body. The version of your future machine depends on it (the toy). It's easier to make a "sociable" version. One person is typing the pattern while the other controls the remote by holding the button on.
- Next step: Use duct tape to secure the motor to the cut cap of the pen. To do this, you need to bend the holder of the latter at a right angle and attach it to the motor. The shortened internal cavity of the cap should at the same time "look" at the engine.
- We continue to disassemble how to make a tattoo machine with your own hands. Now you need to cut the body of the handle by one third. After that, it is placed in a cap on the other side of the motor.
- Then we insert the washed rod into the same body.
- Cut off a small piece of wine cork. It is mounted on the motor shaft of the toy.
- We cut the guitar string to such a length that it is 1.5-2 cm longer than the length of the rod from the handle.
- Now the string is inserted directly into the rod. Its free end must be stuck into the cork, after bending it with a hook. It should be located as close as possible to the axis of the shaft. What for? This will affect the range of needle oscillation and, accordingly, the accuracy of the stuffed pattern.
- If you assembled the tattoo machine with your own hands correctly, then when you turn on the motor, the needle string will make translational movements.
Nowit remains to test the invention - it is best to do this not on a person, but on artificial skin. Dip the needle into the prepared ink, and then proceed to stuffing the pattern. If you want to use the device on a friend or on yourself, do not forget to disinfect the needle with an antiseptic. But remember: one needle=one person!
What we need: option 2
Rotor tattoo machine with your own hands can be built from other elements:
- A motor for about 9 V. You can get it from an old tape recorder, you can buy it on the market.
- A capillary pen with a metal tip for excellent string passage.
- Clamp for motor size.
- String "deuce" - homogeneous metal.
- Charger from an old phone.
- Metal plate corner.
Now let's get started.
How to assemble a tattoo machine with your own hands
So let's get started:
- Completely disassemble the capillary pen.
- Take a metal plate and tape it to the body of the handle with the long side so that the shorter one goes to it (the handle) at a right angle.
- Let's move on. Pass the string through the body of the pen. Cut it with wire cutters or metal scissors so that 2 cm is visible on each side.
- Now let's move on to the motor from the tape recorder. In its plastic tablet tip closer to the shaft, carefully melt the hole where youinsert a string.
- Bending the last one at an angle, place it in the hole made.
- The motor itself is attached with the same electrical tape to the right corner of the metal corner.
- On the opposite side (through the base of the pen), the string comes out through the metal tip of the capillary pen.
- Then you need to solder the contacts of the charger from the phone to the motor. Remarkably, here you can not be afraid to confuse "+" and "-".
- Bare wires should be protected with layers of the same electrical tape.
- In conclusion, we cut the tip of the string from the tip of the pen to the optimal length. You can sharpen it with a regular nail file. That's all, you can test.
We have sorted out several options for homemade tattoo machines. Remember that this is a light version of a professional device. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to use it on artificial skin and not on a human.
