Leveling front coil top? – Teach Me To Tattoo

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- November 22, 2013 at 9:14 am #15732
  
  MrGetRt_OBtFL
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  I have a couple machines that i’d bought new 1inch coils for, One machine sits flush and another is the fat bastard 1/2 armature bar and 8 wrap coils. But for some reason the armature bar doesn’t sit flush with the 1st coil. I’ve used other Shims, made sure the main spring is straight and flush. I can load pictures if necessary. It really looks like the coils tops are not completely flat. Im not a retard and have common sense.
  
  How would this effect the machine? :geek:
  
  What’s the best way to make sure the coils are level? :?:
  
  Does filling the top of the coil core F’ shit up? :!:
- November 22, 2013 at 12:04 pm #26612
  
  Ramenuzumaki
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  I’d need to see a picture.
- November 26, 2013 at 1:32 am #26613
  
  MrGetRt_OBtFL
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  Im working on getting the pics uploaded.
- November 26, 2013 at 2:26 pm #26614
  
  robroy289
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  Get you an emery board for finger nails or some kind of file to shave that thing down a bit. Sometimes either the coils are off a bit or the geometry is slightly off on your machine. Thats what it sounds like to me. I had that same problem when i replaced my coils on one of my sh-adders. As long as you make sure that the front coil is higher than the back or both are flush when you press the armature bar down it will not stop it from working fine and will eventually where itself down.
- January 5, 2014 at 6:18 pm #26615
  
  MrGetRt_OBtFL
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  [https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105194459734896269696/albums/5965474092365148529/5965476160762576258?pid=5965476160762576258&oid=105194459734896269696][/img]
- January 5, 2014 at 6:21 pm #26616
  
  Ramenuzumaki
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  Says I don’t have permission to view the album
- January 5, 2014 at 6:30 pm #26617
  
  MrGetRt_OBtFL
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  [https://plus.google.com/photos/105194459734896269696/albums/5784885288330333473/5965474318098069842?authkey=CKTFyZrClPeexwE&pid=5965474318098069842&oid=105194459734896269696][/img]
- January 5, 2014 at 6:32 pm #26618
  
  MrGetRt_OBtFL
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  [https://plus.google.com/photos/105194459734896269696/albums][/url]
- January 5, 2014 at 6:34 pm #26619
  
  MrGetRt_OBtFL
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  i still can’t figure out how to use Google+ or Picasa 3 to upload to the damn photo’s?
- January 5, 2014 at 8:56 pm #26620
  
  Infamous
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  image tags don’t work on this forum, just post the link
- January 14, 2014 at 3:19 pm #26621
  
  Jbeaufosho
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  Yeah it’s pretty common to get coils that don’t have perfectly flat tops. A good metal file works good to flatten them out. Go slowish though. Don’t want to take too much off. And yeah sometimes frames can even warp a bit over time. You could check the saddle to make sure it’s straight. That can make a huge difference to how your machine runs.
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