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Like everything else on the tattoo machine, experiment and
play around to find out what works best for your style and your
specific machine. Some artists will claim that a certain metal
will increase the machine’s

Some artists will purchase contact points with a design on the
top. You may have seen this design as a dice, skull, or almost
anything that is imaginable. Do not be fooled by the clever
novelty of the contact

The contact point can be made of different metals. One would
assume that the best quality metal would be the most conduc-
tive. Typical contact point metals are brass, copper, and silver.
If corrosion occurs, or

Typically the contact point will be at a 90 degree angle in relation
to the front spring. This will ensure that there is optimal
surface area between them, and provide for good conductive
contact. The contact

The contact point is another important part of the tattoo machine.
The contact point is the tiny actual spot on the machine
where the magic happens. Electricity flows through the machine
and ends up in the contact

There is more often than not, an o-ring looped around the front
spring. This will aid in the transition of energy created by the
front spring hitting the contact screw. Different thickness o-rings
should be

Armature bars can come in a multitude of shapes and sizes as
well. Some will have notches or holes drilled in them while others
might resemble the shape of the number 8. These shapes
and designs are to modify the

The prime component, as far as movement is concerned, in the
tattoo machine is the armature bar. The armature bar has two
functions. The first function is to attach the needle to the machine.
The armature bar’s

Small capacitors can make your tattoo machine run
faster. Not small size, but small rating in the micro farads.
This is because they recharge like a battery, and
are filled with some type of material that can

Do not be afraid to ask for specific caps when you order prewired
coils. Or you can order coils that have no capacitor at all,
and you can add the preferred size yourself. It is very simple to
solder a cap to the

Capacitors will store voltage. When the capacitor is full of voltage
it lets out a burst of stored voltage, and then begins to store
it again. It does this by the use of filaments. It is not that important
to know

The capacitor is a very important part of the coils as well. It technically
is not part of the coils, but for the purpose of simplicity
and general knowledge, this text will refer to the capacitor as

The rear spring’s relation to the front spring and armature bar
is important to the geometry of the frame. These four pieces of
the tattoo machine should be aligned as much as possible to
ensure that optimal

Often times there will be a deck clamp fastened on top of the
rear spring above the rear of the frame. This deck clamp can be
effective when it is compared to a
circular washer because it will allow
the balance of

Like the front spring, rear springs come in different gauges and
shapes as well as a host of lengths and cuts. The rear spring
has the important role of storing the bulk of the energy from
the armature bar

Springs are available in different gauges and different metals.
It is not necessary to match the same gauge metal on the front
spring with the rear spring. Springs come in all different shapes
as well as thickness

The front spring which is also called the timing spring
or the control spring has a lot to do with the speed of
your machine. A harder front spring will make your machine
faster because the front spring absorbs

The front spring is mounted to the armature bar, and is the piece
of metal that will make contact with the front contact screw. As
the armature bar moves due to the magnets in the coils pulling it
down, the front

The springs are what give the tattoo machine its fluid motion
flow. They are the physical mechanical component that will primarily
determine how well the machine runs, and in what capacity.
Springs can be thought

It is important to remember that less wraps in a coil means less
resistance. Less resistance means that the voltage can in theory
get to the place it is going to, faster. The gauge of wire will also
affect this.