MiniFox

[MiniFox]

Any chance I could get you to look at it? Don’t know where you are but I’m in Cleveland. I just found out that my local tattoo retail shop wil diagnose machines but they do NOT fix them… just sell the parts for a huge mark-up. I’d really like to learn how to diagnose AND build machines myself but in the mean time I just want my machine to work :?
Thanks!

[MiniFox]

Actually that is exactly what was happening! I just logged on here to see if I could figure out why. When I start up my machine it just gives a little bz then the armature bar is actually stuck to the top of my coils and I have to physically remove it. I thought my machine just quit on me until I saw what was going on. Does anyone have an explanation as to why this is happening or more importantly HOW to fix it?

[MiniFox]

Thank you!!!

[MiniFox]

I have looked everywhere and it seems that there isn’t a driver for riteman. That’s why I asked… maybe I’ll go to a computer forum?
That isn’t what this forum is really for is it? LOL
Thanks anyways!!!

[MiniFox]

I got a dot matrix printer thinking I could do the same thing before I even read this post. My problem is that I cannot find the driver to use it. Did you have this problem with yours? I’m running on windows XP and the printer is a riteman.

[MiniFox]

I finally figured it out and now I feel dumb. But I wanted to share anyways since some other newbie might run into this.

I cleaned evreything and I mean E V E R Y T H I N G!!! Except my foot pedal. There was a build up between the foot pedal pieces!

My new machine (Hidlbrandt .44 Magnum) sounds like a dream. While the other two machines do now work they sound like total crap compared to this!
Time to toss them or have them rebuilt, maybe do that on my own so I can truly understand more about what it is I am trying to do.

Thank you guys for not ragging on me. I don’t know if I will make it in this awesome trade but it is my dream and I think we all need to have one to hold on to.

[MiniFox]

Everything seems to be tiight. I even took my machines apart and put them back together thinking something might have come loose. That’s why I can’t figure out what’s wrong. The real question I guess is do I just start buying new parts and replace them one at a time to figure out what is wrong?

Back yard mechanics do this… that’s why you pay the real mechanics to fix your car. They don’t just pick something and say “let’s see if this works”.

I HATE being called a scratcher and cannot wait until I can answer real questions instead of asking them.

Thanks

[MiniFox]

Follow up…
I forgot to mention that I am using a shding machine and that I tried round shaders, mags and double stack mags all with the same result. I did have my water handy as well but that wasn’t helping either. Because I don’t do this professionally (yet?) :? I buy most of my needles in small amounts so they don’t sit around too long. I don’t know how much it matters but I feel better knowing my needles just came out of a box. I can buy them very close to home for a decent price.

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