Yeah dude, my apprenticeship was backwards, i had the rotary pen and im light handed, and my lines wouldnt be saturated and even unless i had to go over them again. Learning about coil machines made everything i learned as an apprentice come together more.
Again, thank you SO much for making these. When I first started, I was screwed over by an artist who took 2 full time paychecks worth of money from me for a really shitty, half assed course. She isn’t even close to half as good as a teacher as you are. I learned so much more from you and other tattoo artists on youtube. Have you got a patreon account we can subscribe to? (BTW for anyone living in Vienna thinking about purchasing a tattooing course, don‘t go to Osa Wahn. She will take a ton of your money and be really shitty to you in return. Also, she‘ll talk a lot about her private life instead of teaching you something.)
Your videos are incredible. You do a great job explaining, illustrating, and demonstrating. I’m a retired art teacher and I really appreciate the time you put into these educational videos! Your hard work that went into these is definitely seen and makes your videos some of the very best. Thank you from one teacher to another. Keep up the great work.
This is so useful.. The right information presented in the right way. Thank you for the media. I hope you get the attention you deserve for all of your effort and also for those people who need your videos
Thank you heaps for actually having the sound on, how it's supposed to sound, instead of biting us off with "you'll know when you do it right, on the sound" Uhm, how? If you've not actually heard it before, then how do you know? So thanks a million for this. It is gold x
I'm just in tattoo school (my area requires school for licensing) and due to covid we're doing a lot of our own online learning. You, Jono, have quickly become my favourite teacher/creator. Thank you! I hope to watch a lot of your shading tutorials later... I'm going to focus on realism as I currently do in pencil. ✏️
I love the part with summary because there are a lot of informations through the full video and if you're a beginner like me, the summary part it's the right thing to remember all your precious informations. Thank you Jono! Great job! 🍾🥂
You’ve got this bang on jono ! I’ve been a coil artist for all of my career, a lot of people don’t realise that they have to potential to actually slice people’s skin ,especially when using flat groupings. Nicely done, well executed 👍
this whole series is amazing. i don't have the possibility of having an apprenticeship or even getting a proper tattoo at the moment, so, these more practical type of tutorials are very valuable for me. thank you and please keep it up mate.
Coil machines are so amazing, I used them for years. But my hands can't handle them anymore. I just bought a new power supply from Tattcom that will allow you to set the CPS, and will adjust the voltage accordingly to keep the CPS consistent based on resistance of the skin. I watched your video on pepper shading and your recommendation to start at 80 to 90 CPS, so I'll be experimenting with this new power supply to see how this affects things. I do have several rotaries that have adjustable give, but I doubt they work as good and a good ole fashioned coil machine that is tuned well. Thanks for you knowledge. xox Terry
thank you so much for this content. ive started tattooing about 2 months ago and was so scared to use a coil. now i don’t think i’ll ever go back to rotary until i’ve mastered the fundamentals
Thank you for these videos! i´we wanted to learn how to tattoo for many years now. And it´s been hard to find any tatto artist thats been willing to have an apprentist. So i´we decided to learn how myself. And your videos have been werry usefull I´we been an artist my whole life so i have good faith in my eye for the estetic parts but the lack of technical and the over all clinical knowlegde of tattooing have allways been the reason i hav´nt persued this dream until now. THANK YOU!
Once again, Jono, you have gone above and beyond. Many many thanks!! I feel so much more comfortable with the knowledge you have provided, and I can not wait to get started and to apply these fundamentals and skills to my tattooing. My plan is to get all of these down to a science prior to tattooing any real skin. Thank you again!!!
Hi✨ Here is another tip for tuning a coil machine: One of my tattoo teachers told me during my apprenticeship to listen to a bagpipe song (I was tortured with Amazing Grace for hours and hours) whilst tuning the machine - listen to that buzzing sound the bagpipe makes that’s constant in the background...! When the machine hits the same tune as the bagpipe buzzing sound, it should be tuned right. Want to see a video where you try this out🤓!! Also, the day my mentors said my apprenticeship was over, I was releases from my apprentice machine and went straight to buying a rotary cheyenne pen and hasn’t ever looked back to the heavy-wrist-KILLER coil machines.🌝
I find your analogies and teaching method one of the best out there. I'm a cosmetic tattooer using a spectra xion s and during lockdown working on a conversion to (in the first instance) basic tattoos. My machine has a 2.5 mm stroke..do you think this is enough and how do I establish hit and bog with my machine? Thanks, Lara
I’ve not used the Xion-S before as it’s a SPMU machine. With the small stroke it’s probably setup well for lining however the SPMU machines I’ve tested in the past do tend to hit a lot softer than a standard tattoo machine so I can’t really give you a definitive answer as to whether that machine will work well for actual tattooing. My advice would be if you are transitioning into tattooing I’d probably look towards getting a dedicated tattoo machine eventually anyway as you’ll probably notice a big difference from using a SPMU machine like you’re used to. With regards to the bog, machines like this are pre-set so can’t really be adjusted. Hope this helps.
Jono Smith thank you for that. I’m thinking of just investing in the xion as I know it better. Keep posting the way you are- I’m sure there are many others who are learn better through analogy and (I was a teacher for 10 years) I appreciate your way of explaining the theories much better than many others on RUclips. Thanks for responding
I cant thank you enough right now for doing what you do! Finally cleared up my confusion over tuning my machine, which I did manage to get it pretty near the sweet spot thanks to your thorough teaching. Now I'm off to watch your rotary vid, I did okay with my coil machines even though they werent tuned properly. But foolishly I went and lined a piece with my new rotary pen ( I got a javelin tornado) it was within my price range and I know everyone knocks hildebrant gear but I figured it would at least be better than one of those Amazon knock offs. In the end I had a hell of a time with it, the ink kept drying up and I beat the shit out of my skin :/ should've been a lil more diligent and got learned up on the differences between a rotary pen and coil machine. ALSO one more thing real quick. I heard you apologize for your graphics... ffs please dont sweat stuff like that, tbh I think they do what you intended and at the end of the day if some jackass wants to give you flack over your grafix/editing they obviously didnt come to learn anything and just trying to flex their fragile ego and ppl like that aren't worth your time and you certainly dont owe anyone an apology for the quality of said grafix.. you're giving away gold and mofos need to be appreciating what they are half ass paying attention to while they trolling comment sections.. you do you tho, mad props at your editing style, I especially like that I dont have to speed up your vids ;) cheers mate!
liked / sub'd. Thanks for all your videos man! I apprenticed for almost 3 years, then stopped tattooing for several years, recently getting back into it and your videos are a good refresher after so long.
Keep up the videos bro! I always go back to your videos for quick tutoring on certain subjects I begin to question. Still looking for some new tips and tricks videos!! and definitely a video on the Mag series needles.
hey mate really enjoying all your videos. learning alot. love the lesson layout and related videos for extra/past info. wont take long for this channel to explode!!
ive seen probably all of your videos man, u r like a mentor to me . Im starting to freak out about the thickness of the skin in different areas. Im scared of hurting someone. Idnt know if u talk in any of your videos about this topic but if you not could u please make a video about it? i will be more than thankful. Take care!
Thank you for all of your helpful tips. I have an ego switch pen style rotary and a couple coil machines. I was able to properly tune my coil machines after watching your other video about tuning coil machines, however I've had more of a difficult time figuring out what voltage to set my ego rotary at. This video gave me several "aha" moments, and I felt compelled to say thank you. Sinseriously - THANK YOU.
@@peterjohnporrata4866 it depends on the needle size and size of area in the tattoo that needs colouring. But yes you can control the hit with the voltage.
Everyone should learn coil tattoo machines their first year then move to rotaries then once ur comfortable use pens i was given a paco rollins liner and an eikon packer and a seth ciferri shader that i had to build and tear down and build and tear down but please giys give coils a chance its a process trust it
This is much helpful for all beginners like me, I just want to know why most of the pro tattoo artists prefer to use coil rather than rotary? Is it because of the actual hit of needles all the way down to the skin? And rotary is moving in a circle motion?
That pretty much sums it up yes. A coil machine is a completely linear up and down motion where as a rotary has to complete a cycle which makes the motion slightly different. This is why many artists can’t get on with rotaries. Personally I think the benefits of a rotary far out weigh the cons though. Thanks for watching!
Great great video with all information being said... Most politely positive In helping others understand about needle Puncture & bog? proper skin stretching can help as well with this. You're naturally have to stretch the skin to help prevent needle entry puncture and/ or durring bogging of the needle but sometimes if you stretch the skin too tight you create to much resistance and bogging as well there's like a happy stretch and a happy bog and everyone scin is different with the thickness and depth. Anyway good luck everyone this guy is great
Chris Rodriguez You can’t listen for the bog with a rotary so it’s a little bit or trial and error when making the adjustments until the machine hits the way you want it. Hope this helps, thanks for watching!
Thank you for these videos I am a new tattoo artist no I haven't started with the machine yet I want to watch all your videos first but also I am getting my drawing skills up to par and my supplies together. Wish me luck I think my husband has a lot of faith in me as he was the one to buy the machine just kinda nervous.and my mom being the first one to get a tatt from me so I guess my question is she is going to be in her mid 60s she wants me to work a small fairy I would say 1inch by 1 1/2 inch in size just below the collarbone will I have worry about how thin the skin would be and how I go about applying the tattoo in the area I guess
Personally I prefer a long stroke for shading. Though some people prefer the exact opposite to this. It’s really down to what works for you and your style.
So why does everyone say slow your machine down when color packing?? I have to press hard with my pen to pack. I'm assuming for these reasons. I've seen traditional packing where they press hard and go back and forth. I can't change the hit or stroke so I would assume crank up the volts? I can line great with it but packing is difficult. I'm guessing this machine doesn't hit hard enough at all. More needles mean more resistance. I just did my wrist and it turned out good but I know it's overworked. If I don't push hard, the needle bounces and immediately bruises. No matter how fast or slow or if I have the skin stretched to the max. Doesn't matter. Wish I could get solid answers to this. Might have to swing into some shops. Thanks for all the videos
Just got back into it after about 15 years. Was hoping to learn about changing the hit on my rotory pen. They are so quiet and seem to hit so hard I miss my coils, trying to learn about all this new tech as everyone seems to rave about them pens but it seems horrible to me
My second question I noticed that my bottom coil gap from the armature bar is a gap of a nickel should I shim it with a washer or 2 to closer the gap..i hear alot of people says it should be a dollar thin and armature bar should be parallel.
If you watch my video on How to tune a tattoo machine like a pro, you’ll find all the info you need as to gap size. I wouldn’t recommend putting a washer on it though. It sounds like you just need to screw the front contact screw down a little until you reach the right CPS.
Hi jono I just bought the rotary pen from hummingbird directly Bronc v10 I'm in ireland and on website order is processing since yesterday.. I seen u speak about them before wondering g have u any idea how long I should be waiting for the machine
Paul Galvin I’ve not tried their pen but if it’s anything like their other rotaries it should be a decent machine. It was a while ago I bought mine but I seem to remember it taking about a week to come but obviously with the current situation it might take a little longer.
Old video. Jono have you or anyone here tried FK AL13 Coil with 1+1/2 coils? I’m curious how this machine would run and the reasoning behind having 1/2 coil
Helloo Your videos helping me a alot especially this one , thank you alot . And i have one question, that my liner machine slows down and i have to adjust contact screw to run it normal again but afer 20 30 minuts it slows down again , and i have been trying to understand why it happens but i still dont have any idea so will you please help me understand and solve this problem.?
Thanks!
Thank you so much! As an token of my gratitude I’m giving you a personal shout out on my new video being uploaded today!
Yeah dude, my apprenticeship was backwards, i had the rotary pen and im light handed, and my lines wouldnt be saturated and even unless i had to go over them again. Learning about coil machines made everything i learned as an apprentice come together more.
Again, thank you SO much for making these. When I first started, I was screwed over by an artist who took 2 full time paychecks worth of money from me for a really shitty, half assed course. She isn’t even close to half as good as a teacher as you are. I learned so much more from you and other tattoo artists on youtube. Have you got a patreon account we can subscribe to?
(BTW for anyone living in Vienna thinking about purchasing a tattooing course, don‘t go to Osa Wahn. She will take a ton of your money and be really shitty to you in return. Also, she‘ll talk a lot about her private life instead of teaching you something.)
Your videos are incredible. You do a great job explaining, illustrating, and demonstrating. I’m a retired art teacher and I really appreciate the time you put into these educational videos! Your hard work that went into these is definitely seen and makes your videos some of the very best. Thank you from one teacher to another. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for the amazing feedback. I really appreciate that!
This is so useful.. The right information presented in the right way. Thank you for the media. I hope you get the attention you deserve for all of your effort and also for those people who need your videos
Thanks for the great feedback!
Thank you for teaching me your a legend...
I appreciate the videos you make and the depth you go to to help us noobs understand tattooing
Thank you heaps for actually having the sound on, how it's supposed to sound, instead of biting us off with "you'll know when you do it right, on the sound" Uhm, how? If you've not actually heard it before, then how do you know? So thanks a million for this. It is gold x
You saved my quarantine. I love your energy.
Thanks for the awesome comment and thanks for watching!
I'm just in tattoo school (my area requires school for licensing) and due to covid we're doing a lot of our own online learning. You, Jono, have quickly become my favourite teacher/creator. Thank you!
I hope to watch a lot of your shading tutorials later... I'm going to focus on realism as I currently do in pencil. ✏️
Thank you! I’m glad the channel is helping you out. Good luck with it all!
I love the part with summary because there are a lot of informations through the full video and if you're a beginner like me, the summary part it's the right thing to remember all your precious informations. Thank you Jono! Great job! 🍾🥂
I've only been tattooing for 6 months and watching this video has made a massive difference!!
Thank you, I really appreciate that!
@@JonoSmithTattoo I don't know if I've missed it but have you done any videos on how to tattoo hands and fingers??
@@darkcloudtattoos7516 not yet but I’ll put it on my ‘to do’ list. Thanks for watching!
@@JonoSmithTattoo nice one thank you!!!!!
You’ve got this bang on jono ! I’ve been a coil artist for all of my career, a lot of people don’t realise that they have to potential to actually slice people’s skin ,especially when using flat groupings. Nicely done, well executed 👍
Dav Oldfield thanks for the great feedback!
You're explanations are amazing bro. Really on point and REALLY necessary for ANYONE who's planning to put ink in someone's skin to understand.
this whole series is amazing. i don't have the possibility of having an apprenticeship or even getting a proper tattoo at the moment, so, these more practical type of tutorials are very valuable for me. thank you and please keep it up mate.
I’m glad it’s helping you out. Thanks for watching!
Coil machines are so amazing, I used them for years. But my hands can't handle them anymore. I just bought a new power supply from Tattcom that will allow you to set the CPS, and will adjust the voltage accordingly to keep the CPS consistent based on resistance of the skin. I watched your video on pepper shading and your recommendation to start at 80 to 90 CPS, so I'll be experimenting with this new power supply to see how this affects things. I do have several rotaries that have adjustable give, but I doubt they work as good and a good ole fashioned coil machine that is tuned well. Thanks for you knowledge. xox Terry
thank you so much for this content. ive started tattooing about 2 months ago and was so scared to use a coil. now i don’t think i’ll ever go back to rotary until i’ve mastered the fundamentals
Great attitude to have! Good luck with it and thanks for watching!
Thank you for these videos! i´we wanted to learn how to tattoo for many years now.
And it´s been hard to find any tatto artist thats been willing to have an apprentist.
So i´we decided to learn how myself.
And your videos have been werry usefull
I´we been an artist my whole life so i have good faith in my eye for the estetic parts
but the lack of technical and the over all clinical knowlegde of tattooing have allways been the reason i hav´nt
persued this dream until now.
THANK YOU!
I’m glad the channel is helping you out. Thanks for watching!
Once again, Jono, you have gone above and beyond. Many many thanks!! I feel so much more comfortable with the knowledge you have provided, and I can not wait to get started and to apply these fundamentals and skills to my tattooing. My plan is to get all of these down to a science prior to tattooing any real skin. Thank you again!!!
Hi✨ Here is another tip for tuning a coil machine: One of my tattoo teachers told me during my apprenticeship to listen to a bagpipe song (I was tortured with Amazing Grace for hours and hours) whilst tuning the machine - listen to that buzzing sound the bagpipe makes that’s constant in the background...! When the machine hits the same tune as the bagpipe buzzing sound, it should be tuned right. Want to see a video where you try this out🤓!!
Also, the day my mentors said my apprenticeship was over, I was releases from my apprentice machine and went straight to buying a rotary cheyenne pen and hasn’t ever looked back to the heavy-wrist-KILLER coil machines.🌝
I’ve just bought my first machine’s so your vids are spot on
Great stuff! Good luck with it all!
I really enjoy all your videos and they have made a huge difference in how I tattoo, thank you for sharing your knowledge
I find your analogies and teaching method one of the best out there. I'm a cosmetic tattooer using a spectra xion s and during lockdown working on a conversion to (in the first instance) basic tattoos. My machine has a 2.5 mm stroke..do you think this is enough and how do I establish hit and bog with my machine? Thanks, Lara
I’ve not used the Xion-S before as it’s a SPMU machine. With the small stroke it’s probably setup well for lining however the SPMU machines I’ve tested in the past do tend to hit a lot softer than a standard tattoo machine so I can’t really give you a definitive answer as to whether that machine will work well for actual tattooing. My advice would be if you are transitioning into tattooing I’d probably look towards getting a dedicated tattoo machine eventually anyway as you’ll probably notice a big difference from using a SPMU machine like you’re used to. With regards to the bog, machines like this are pre-set so can’t really be adjusted. Hope this helps.
Jono Smith thank you for that. I’m thinking of just investing in the xion as I know it better.
Keep posting the way you are- I’m sure there are many others who are learn better through analogy and (I was a teacher for 10 years) I appreciate your way of explaining the theories much better than many others on RUclips. Thanks for responding
love how clear you are ! thats TEACHING
Thanks for watching!
I’ve learned all my skills from you thank you for all your videos!
I’m glad the channel is helping you out. Thanks for watching!
Yep!....as always, my GO TO for guidance and explanation! Good on you bruv
Thanks for watching! Much appreciated 😀
I love your videos and they teach me a lot on what to know about tattooing ,thank you so much
Always love your classes
Finally! I been trying to find a good explanation for hit and bog
I'm so surprised that your channel doesn't have more viewers
Over the last 9 months it’s really starting to gather pace now. It’s took quite a few years but it’s finally coming together. Thanks for watching!
I cant thank you enough right now for doing what you do! Finally cleared up my confusion over tuning my machine, which I did manage to get it pretty near the sweet spot thanks to your thorough teaching. Now I'm off to watch your rotary vid, I did okay with my coil machines even though they werent tuned properly. But foolishly I went and lined a piece with my new rotary pen ( I got a javelin tornado) it was within my price range and I know everyone knocks hildebrant gear but I figured it would at least be better than one of those Amazon knock offs. In the end I had a hell of a time with it, the ink kept drying up and I beat the shit out of my skin :/ should've been a lil more diligent and got learned up on the differences between a rotary pen and coil machine. ALSO one more thing real quick. I heard you apologize for your graphics... ffs please dont sweat stuff like that, tbh I think they do what you intended and at the end of the day if some jackass wants to give you flack over your grafix/editing they obviously didnt come to learn anything and just trying to flex their fragile ego and ppl like that aren't worth your time and you certainly dont owe anyone an apology for the quality of said grafix.. you're giving away gold and mofos need to be appreciating what they are half ass paying attention to while they trolling comment sections.. you do you tho, mad props at your editing style, I especially like that I dont have to speed up your vids ;) cheers mate!
Aww thank you! I really appreciate feedback like this!
liked / sub'd. Thanks for all your videos man! I apprenticed for almost 3 years, then stopped tattooing for several years, recently getting back into it and your videos are a good refresher after so long.
I’m glad they’re helping you. Good luck with your career again!
Awesome material bro. Super in depth and very educational. Thank you and keep on inspiring. Cheers from the States 🍻🇺🇸
Great video Jono. Love the pool analogy 😄Cheers🥃
Thanks you!
Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge
Thanks for watching!
thank you very much for your videos Jono! they are really helpful, I'm sarting to tattooing and you advices about how to tatto are awesome! thank you!
Thanks again brother, keep making these awesome tutorials!! I learn more from your videos and animations than my apprenticeship
I’m glad they’re helping you out. Thanks for supporting the channel!
I love your videos , you explain everything so well
Thank you!
I love your videos man you've helped me come along way for real. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Hi jono you are so modest in what you do,just watched all your vids back to back and now it all makes sense thank you so much
I’m glad it’s helped you out and thanks for the great feedback!
Keep up the videos bro! I always go back to your videos for quick tutoring on certain subjects I begin to question. Still looking for some new tips and tricks videos!! and definitely a video on the Mag series needles.
Thanks! I’m literally editing the latest video right now. Always got new content on the way!
These videos along with my mentors lessons are tops! I just started my apprenticeship and your videos helped me with some preliminary knowledge
I’m glad they’ve helped you out. Thanks for watching and good luck with your apprenticeship!
I always love your vids. Super helpful and better than most instructionals that you need to pay for. Love your vids as always
Only thing I wanted to see was an actual real-life example on perhaps fake skin, fruit or real skin. Great vid.
Thanks for the great feedback and for watching!
This is a great tutorial! I'm practicing in fake skin and I wasn't sure if it was okay that the sound changed or not so this is very helpful
Thanks for watching!
hey mate really enjoying all your videos. learning alot. love the lesson layout and related videos for extra/past info. wont take long for this channel to explode!!
David Roine thanks for the awesome feedback and thanks for watching!
Really really appreciate your videos!
Thank you!
You explain thing so well it's great
Thank you!
Thanks for the video. Good of you taking the time to teach people!
Very well taught
Thanks for watching!
You are the Don. Thank you
Incredible video, really, really informative. Awesome
Thanks for the great feedback!
Thanks for all the information
ive seen probably all of your videos man, u r like a mentor to me . Im starting to freak out about the thickness of the skin in different areas. Im scared of hurting someone. Idnt know if u talk in any of your videos about this topic but if you not could u please make a video about it? i will be more than thankful. Take care!
I’ll add the suggestion to my list of videos. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for all of your helpful tips.
I have an ego switch pen style rotary and a couple coil machines. I was able to properly tune my coil machines after watching your other video about tuning coil machines, however I've had more of a difficult time figuring out what voltage to set my ego rotary at. This video gave me several "aha" moments, and I felt compelled to say thank you.
Sinseriously - THANK YOU.
Breanne Fretz thanks for the awesome comment and I’m glad it’s helped you out!
Best Videos Goin By Far.
Thank you!
Thanks for this video was such a big help. And for confirming that I made a good choice by starting off with coil machine. You are awesome dude.
Thanks for watching!
Such useful information mate cheers 👍
Thank you!
Thank you soo much! Your videos are very clean and easy to follow! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for watching!
Perfectly thorough! Thank you for your hard work instructing us lot! 🙏
You are definitely an excellent instructor...
Thank you!
@@JonoSmithTattoo can I use a Coil liner to do coloring on a tattoo?
@@JonoSmithTattoo Can I do coloring with a liner coil machine by simply controlling the voltage?
@@peterjohnporrata4866 it depends on the needle size and size of area in the tattoo that needs colouring. But yes you can control the hit with the voltage.
@@JonoSmithTattoo so I can use the liner for shading and coloring, don not need to buy a shader?
Thank you for all the knowledge
Thanks for watching!
Keep the videos coming jono there always top clasd
john lane thank you and thanks for watching!
The man. Thank you.
Thanks for making these
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tips.
Awesome advice mate👍👍👍👍👍I always leave a LIKE 👍
Thank you! 👍
I love all ur videos n I'm very greatful!!!
Thanks for watching!
Your the reason I keep tattooing
Everyone should learn coil tattoo machines their first year then move to rotaries then once ur comfortable use pens i was given a paco rollins liner and an eikon packer and a seth ciferri shader that i had to build and tear down and build and tear down but please giys give coils a chance its a process trust it
Man superb info
Your videos are perfect!
Thank you so much!
Your videos are so helpfull thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching!
Your vids are fire 🤟👌
This is much helpful for all beginners like me, I just want to know why most of the pro tattoo artists prefer to use coil rather than rotary? Is it because of the actual hit of needles all the way down to the skin? And rotary is moving in a circle motion?
That pretty much sums it up yes. A coil machine is a completely linear up and down motion where as a rotary has to complete a cycle which makes the motion slightly different. This is why many artists can’t get on with rotaries. Personally I think the benefits of a rotary far out weigh the cons though. Thanks for watching!
Great great video with all information being said...
Most politely positive In helping others understand about needle Puncture & bog?
proper skin stretching can help as well with this.
You're naturally have to stretch the skin to help prevent needle entry puncture and/ or durring bogging of the needle but sometimes if you stretch the skin too tight you create to much resistance and bogging as well there's like a happy stretch and a happy bog and everyone scin is different with the thickness and depth. Anyway good luck everyone this guy is great
Thanks for the awesome comment and thanks for watching!
Jono you are the man I love yout vids, question so how would I know what to listen for if I'm using a silent rotary pen?
Chris Rodriguez You can’t listen for the bog with a rotary so it’s a little bit or trial and error when making the adjustments until the machine hits the way you want it. Hope this helps, thanks for watching!
good work!!
liked subscribed and heres the comment. thank you for the content
Welcome to the channel!
Thank you for these videos I am a new tattoo artist no I haven't started with the machine yet I want to watch all your videos first but also I am getting my drawing skills up to par and my supplies together. Wish me luck I think my husband has a lot of faith in me as he was the one to buy the machine just kinda nervous.and my mom being the first one to get a tatt from me so I guess my question is she is going to be in her mid 60s she wants me to work a small fairy I would say 1inch by 1 1/2 inch in size just below the collarbone will I have worry about how thin the skin would be and how I go about applying the tattoo in the area I guess
Another great vid. Thanks
RD Buford thanks for watching!
Love your videos bro
Thank you!
Hey Jono!! in an shader, what you like most, short or long stroke?
Personally I prefer a long stroke for shading. Though some people prefer the exact opposite to this. It’s really down to what works for you and your style.
Well done very informative
Thanks for watching!
Thank u for ur knowledge
Love it,thanks
Thanx Joni, coming from Brooklyn NY 💯🔥🔥🔥
jFlo4812. RED thanks for watching!
So why does everyone say slow your machine down when color packing?? I have to press hard with my pen to pack. I'm assuming for these reasons. I've seen traditional packing where they press hard and go back and forth. I can't change the hit or stroke so I would assume crank up the volts? I can line great with it but packing is difficult. I'm guessing this machine doesn't hit hard enough at all. More needles mean more resistance. I just did my wrist and it turned out good but I know it's overworked. If I don't push hard, the needle bounces and immediately bruises. No matter how fast or slow or if I have the skin stretched to the max. Doesn't matter. Wish I could get solid answers to this. Might have to swing into some shops. Thanks for all the videos
Just got back into it after about 15 years. Was hoping to learn about changing the hit on my rotory pen. They are so quiet and seem to hit so hard I miss my coils, trying to learn about all this new tech as everyone seems to rave about them pens but it seems horrible to me
nice explanation thanks for sharing
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My second question I noticed that my bottom coil gap from the armature bar is a gap of a nickel should I shim it with a washer or 2 to closer the gap..i hear alot of people says it should be a dollar thin and armature bar should be parallel.
If you watch my video on How to tune a tattoo machine like a pro, you’ll find all the info you need as to gap size. I wouldn’t recommend putting a washer on it though. It sounds like you just need to screw the front contact screw down a little until you reach the right CPS.
very informative keep it up friend
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Great help
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Gracias por la explicación. ❤
safe jono thanks much for this!
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Hi jono
I just bought the rotary pen from hummingbird directly
Bronc v10
I'm in ireland and on website order is processing since yesterday.. I seen u speak about them before wondering g have u any idea how long I should be waiting for the machine
Paul Galvin I’ve not tried their pen but if it’s anything like their other rotaries it should be a decent machine. It was a while ago I bought mine but I seem to remember it taking about a week to come but obviously with the current situation it might take a little longer.
@@JonoSmithTattoo thanks m8..I also.piced up a spectra x edge on ebay so two new toys to familiarise myself with..love your vids..thanks
Regarding rotary machines, would a machine with adjustable give be able to accommodate for the lack of audible tuning of the bog?
Brilliant!
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Old video. Jono have you or anyone here tried FK AL13 Coil with 1+1/2 coils? I’m curious how this machine would run and the reasoning behind having 1/2 coil
Helloo
Your videos helping me a alot especially this one , thank you alot .
And i have one question, that my liner machine slows down and i have to adjust contact screw to run it normal again but afer 20 30 minuts it slows down again , and i have been trying to understand why it happens but i still dont have any idea so will you please help me understand and solve this problem.?
Harka Tamang is your machine a decent quality one or is it budget one? This usually happens with machines that aren’t usually built very well.
@@JonoSmithTattoo oh okey thats the problem then and thank you alot for reply and now i guess i have to upgrade soon 😅😅
With the rotary wouldn't it be possible to adjust the hit by adjusting the power supply
No the power supply will only adjust the speed of the machine with a rotary but the hit will remain the same.