How Do Tattoo Machines Work?
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Tattoo machines (sometimes called guns) haven’t changed much since the 1890s because they’re such elegant devices. Tune in to learn how the most common types work.
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If you like art, permanence, and shallow wounds, you may have a tattoo or seven. And you’re not alone: A Harris poll from 2012 indicates that here in the U.S., almost 40 percent in adults under the age of 40 have at least one.
So our question for the day is “How do tattoo machines work?” And yes, the preferred industry term is “tattoo machines,” not “tattoo guns”.
As it turns out, the technology used to apply tattoos hasn’t changed all that much since the 1890s. Before then, tattoos were given by tapping (or just poking) needles into the skin by hand. But at the turn of the 20th century, two groundbreaking (skinbreaking?) patents were filed. Each is basically a motorized array of solid needles connected to an ink reservoir.
When the needles pierce the skin, the tips pull ink from the reservoir into the skin and deposit it there. This happens because of surface tension and capillary action: Y’know the way that water will stick a little bit higher up to the sides of a glass than its level in the middle?
The close-set needles of a tattooing device act the same way, pulling the ink down. Some of it gets trapped in the skin and eventually forms the tattoo.
But let’s look at these two machines. Which, we should note, probably weren’t the first of their kind ever used -- just the first to be patented.
First, we’ve got New York City tattoo artist Samuel O’Reilly’s rotary machine, patented on December 8th, 1891. He based the design on an electric pen patented by Thomas Edison in 1876.
The pen would punch through paper to create a stencil of your writing, and O’Reilly realized it could just as easily punch through skin to create a tattoo. Thanks for being so unintentionally metal, Edison!
O’Reilly’s motor is a rotary type, meaning that when electricity is applied, a flywheel spins a cam, which pushes a follower to convert the spinning motion into a reciprocating linear motion of the needles.
This lets the needles move up and down very smoothly and rapidly - applying the tattoo more easily than most artists could manage via the traditional poking method.
However, this machine probably isn’t what you think of when you think of tattooing. Imagine the soundscape of a tattoo parlor. In your mind’s ear, do you hear a deep, piercing buzz?
That’s the noise made by a coil tattoo machine, the second design we’re discussing today.
The first patent for it was granted on August 23, 1904 to Charles Wagner. He was another New York City tattoo artist who based his device on an Edison electric pen - this one driven by electromagnetic coils.
The idea is simple. You attach a group of needles perpendicular to an armature bar. That bar is spring-loaded so that it can vibrate up and down. When it’s in its up position, it completes a circuit in the machine that sends electricity through dual electromagnetic coils.
That creates an electromagnetic field that pulls the bar down. Which breaks the circuit and releases the bar back to its up position, starting the cycle over again. Since the tattoo needles are attached to the bar, the vibrations push and pull them up and down.
Lots of innovators have built on these concepts, making tattoo machines safer, more precise, and less painful for both the client and the operator....
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Good job explaining that. I feel that you did that well. I didn't know that those two design were created by the inventors while paying attention to T. Edison. Thank you for that new to me knowledge!
Just got my first in honor of the beautiful Victoria the love of my life died way to young
Thanks for calling it a tattoo machine and not a tattoo gun
i agree with you bro
I love my Tattoo gun!
lol
Tattoo gun or machine, it all depends on who you ask.
I prefer my tattoo Machine gun. 😂
I got my tattoo like a decade ago and only now wondered how it’s done! 😂
My first tattoo was supposed to be an anarchy symbol, my friend used stolen India ink from art class and a safety pin to tattoo my arm in the garage, but it was so painful I chickened out and had a line for 5 years until I got a legit tattoo of a faery on it to cover up my stupid. I'm currently drawing up possible designs for more, but I will say I do have a few friends who have my art tattooed on them. It's cool to see something I drew be turned into a tattoo without having to deal with the pain or blood.
Salute, Emily 🏴🤙🫡
good video. although it describes how tattoo machines work, it mostly talked about the history and beginnings of how they started. The title couldve been more specific, but still explained the same thing. Just my 2 cents. thanks.
If you want to know even more and a little more in-depth search Smarter Every Day Tattoos and watch that too. I am not trying to pull people away form this video or channel, just a more detailed example and he goes into a tattoo shop. There is a lot of slow-mo shots too
+TheDaringPastry1313 This. It seems slightly ripped off :-L
+TheDaringPastry1313 It's a really excellent video -- I watched it a few times while I was researching & writing this script. Check it out, y'all: ruclips.net/video/kxLoycj4pJY/видео.html /Lauren
I have 4 tattoos and knowing how the machine works kind of made the application of mine hurt a little bit more in retrospect lol. Although, that doesn't stop me from wanting couple more.
trying to learn a little bit so I can get to Apprentice I'm a artist but I'm trying to become a tattooist.
the water is like that on the glass because of the cohesive and adhesive forces
Why do tattoos (colored or just black) fade away over time in the skin of people?
And also, how does laser tattoo removal work?
it fade away because the body breaks it down and dissolve it in the blood
+Miguel Eduardo +NA is basically correct! I definitely wanna do a followup episode explaining the process of how tattoo ink sticks in your skin, why tattoos fade, and how you can remove them. Thanks for watching! /Lauren
The tattoo is placing small particles between the layers of skin. Over time your bodies immune system, as well as your bodies regeneration of cells cause the particles of pigment to break down and slowly be carried away.
Laser tattoo removal hastens the breakdown of the pigments so your immune system can remove it quicker.
None of the links in the description box work.
Also, did you ask Smarter Every Day / credit them to use the slowmo video?
+Draw Curiosity - I watched both vids and this isn't his footage.
+Courtney L the slowmo vid is actually. They have tried to link his video in the description. I'm just wondering if they had his permission as I know a lot of people have nicked that footage
+Draw Curiosity The slowmo is actually from +DaredevilTattooNYC -- here's the video: ruclips.net/video/-dZ_2bUlzTc/видео.html
I definitely watched the Smarter Every Day video while I was researching & writing this script (it's excellent!), which is why it's in the sources list. Here's the link to that one, too, for anyone who hasn't checked it out: ruclips.net/video/kxLoycj4pJY/видео.html
And apologies for the links being down temporarily -- RUclips sometimes glitches when you edit the description, truncating your links. They're fixed now, and we're backing away slowly. /Lauren
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks Ok! :) Thank you! I have noticed that YT sometimes does that to links, thanks for replying :)
+Draw Curiosity ^____^ Thanks so much for watching! /Lauren
"You may have a tattoo or 7" had me and my wife counting tats lol
I once gave a tattoo to my best friend when we were about 13. Both of us were pretty stoned and I didn't want to but he made me use a safety pin and a bottle of ink to tattoo a :-) on his ankle. I still feel bad about having done it to this day, but he really did ask for it.
So it seems like coil machines perform a straighter punch? Is this correct?
I have Tattoos in my body
And I'm an Tattoo Artist I made my own tattoos to myself
hey, people call me slim shady, even though I'm actually fat. funny story. i was 13 an d overweight, so i decided to take a 2$ sharpie pen, and draw myself slimmer, it worked so good that it fooled everyone in my family. So when i was turning 18, i got myself a slimmer conture tattooed, and now I'm workimg as a slim topmodel, eventhough I'm overweight lol
Lauren! You need red or orange hair tips. That would be ferocious!
+Qermaq Imma tell you what she needs. She needs me. I'm in love -.-
No it wouldn't. It would look ugly.
I just came here to find out how to make my mini tattoo machine work 😂
Can we also like consider the non-white/western pov on tattoos my ancestors been hand poking and skin-stitching for hundreeeds of years
We're not interested in your non-white ancestors and their primitive tattooing techniques.
Idk why but the what she is doing with her hands while talking is making me laugh so hard!!! 😂
I had no idea Thomas Edison invented it lol
To anyone that cares, look up Alfred South- cousin to Samuel O'Reilly, and was the first (to my knowledge) to rig up a doorbell to meke the first coil machine.
where kristen
+Igbarash She'll be back in another video next week!
Getting my 3rd tattoo in 12 hour on my chest. Wish me no luck plz.
I would get one but iv not got a good pain freash hold and people say how bad the pain is having my legs wasked is bad enough.
I just got my second tattoo an hour ago
Now it's been a year
@@Wulfstan1938 1 year 7 months 14 days
Why does gum freze your mouth
Lauren = part Oriental.
I only ran with prison gunz...kind of like rotary..
I'm 35 and don't have any tattoos.
If you're in Goa, the best place to get inked is at Inksanity Goa, at Anjuna
Fuck autocorrect
Thanks 👍
I've got 4 myself & it's pretty addicting- you'll love it! BTW- which "Stuff" show host has the most ink? Is it Scott Benjamin???!
Can you do where do lighting come from
Lightning is when (basically in the most bland explanation ever) just a build up of static electricity which is then released, just like when you shock someone!
I have a half sleeve & three other smaller things
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This girl moves her hands way too much.
Her hand motions are......awkward
Gun ...machine. Who cares. Lol. I'll call it what I want.
I wouldn't get a tattoo for the same reason you wouldn't put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari.
*Too Precious*
That’s the point of getting them, to look debased IMO
Are you yourself trying to look like a machine?
+Taylor Smith We can neither confirm nor deny whether Lauren is an advanced android prototype.
hii...this is cool...can you pleasssss make a video about how microwaves are harmful
they aren't
+violett jai or about the myth that microwaves are harmful
FDA (goo.gl/lm9H3e)
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Cancer Research UK (goo.gl/6AZBkU)
Well done thanks
Thanks
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How does a paper plane Fly?
+Rohit Kale Like a real plane.
Scary shit fam
I have a few tattoos. I keep adding to my left arm. It will be a sl÷ve sooner or later.
Why the f would you call it a tattoo gun?!
calm down dont be so lemjasic.
the accurate name is a tattoo machine! guns are for piercing
well explained
i make a good tattoo yes
Why are you so negative towards the “traditional poking method?” Just because some guy invented a machine that can poke through the skin faster don’t mean shit. I rather get a tattoo from the poking method. It’s more original, it requires great skill and patience and also dedication.
Lauren is just awesome !
I've got 7 tats, and one I did on my big toes when I thought I could draw
You are too beautiful for a tattoo!!!
While there are some stunning tattoos (the minority I'd argue), I always found natural skin to look more beautiful.
I wanted to know why tattoos don't just heal quickly when under the skin, what makes them stay there?
Too bad the video was not that interesting.
+ICEknightnine That's a different question -- I wanted to make a video just about the mechanics. :) I'm going to do another video about how tattoos stay in skin, and why they fade over time. /Lauren
+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks
Thanks, sounds awesome!
The title either used to say or I misread it to: "how do tattoos work", so I just thought that the video would go further than the tattoo machine.
Did it hurt having a tattoo, guys?
If you're psychologically prepared and ready, not that much ;) But it depends on where you want to get your tattoo :)
im the first ri
i love you lauren. liked the vid too :)