How to build a Tattoo Machine from Scratch (with coils)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
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This week I revisted an old project- a homemade Tattoo Machine. I built it from scratch and even made the coils myself. What a fun project!!
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Am I the only one who thinks that this was both inevitable and overdue? I love Laura's builds but even better, I love HOW she builds. The shortcuts and the techniques I've seen have really helped me with my own projects.
Totally agree.
That makes me really happy!
I totally agree it was so nice to watch and really insightful
The more I watch you Laura, I think “Let Glue Dry” is a metaphor for life.🤗🐝❤️
2:42 : "Richtig cool, aber wasises?" --> pretty neat, but what is it?
cutest label so far... :D
Who doesn't have a big bucket o' whatsits?
I love Kölsch! Dat jeht doht jar niht!
Laura, you’re a happy, crazy, sweet, different kind of person! Thanks for being yourself, outside the norm……Thanks from all of us who appreciate it…. The world needs more people like this! Much respect! Liza
Thanks for your kind words Liza!!! I am happy you like my work
Agreed! :)
You are the type of engineer I alway's wanted to watch! Thank you for being a great, cool, outta the normal person🎉🎉🎉
The most badass maker video you’ve made. Considering the very high bar you have set for badass maker videos I mean this as the ultimate compliment.
Watching this video made my day.
Thanks. It was quite a challenge but I learnt so much!
Just a simple question: Do you remember watching MacGyver when you were a child?.... Let Glue Dry.
I would let you give me a "Every Defect Deserves Respect" tattoo with that Laura!
I like the mechanical interruption of the electricity. Brilliant. Well done as always Laura.
Yet another project that blurs the line between function and art. It's almost post-apocalyptic in its esthetic, i love it.
Well... this was unexpected!
Very cool... but unexpected!
Edit: Tattoo guns were almost always home made and often by the artist. Like a lot of craftsmen's tools, it's not like ordering one from Amazon or at the time, the Sears catalogue was a thing. I remember prison machines often used the small motors in portable audio cassette recorders/players, like the Walkman.
Wow never know what you’re gonna see built on this channel, love it
The first one I made was out of a motor from an old Walkman cassette player...
An E string from a guitar sharpened to a fine point...
And the ink tube from a ball point pen with the ball removed as a guide for the needle.
Yours is way better :)
Love it, your rotary machine looks a lot like the first machine I built many years ago. Your coils started off ok but looked a little messy when finished, hand winding will make a more efficient machine. Great content thanks for sharing.
I was camping in the wild and missed this week’s live premier! This is so cool, I love it when a project is both mechanical and electrical!
The "REALLY COOL, BUT WHAT IS IT?" labelling for the box at 2:42 seems so fitting haha!
Also the aesthetic turned out amazing!
Such a cool project!! The gizmosity is through the roof on this one!
I never knew that I needed the word 'gizmosity' in my life but I definitely do
@@masonjennings3275 I believe all credit for the word gizmosity has to go to @jimmydiresta
@@kusler67 ah, ty!! Seems like someone I should have subscribed to a long time ago
Always inspired by your builds and your joy in them. This one was a really cool project, as someone with tats it's ace to see the components required to make a machine! Thank you as ever!
I used to use a old doorbell to make my coil machines. Worked very well!
By the looks of it, you could potentially use that to ink on leather items for your shop or your tool rolls?
well leather is just skin, so I don't see why not.
Sounds like a fun way to label your stuff.
Yeah that's true but I like the sloppiness in this piece of work. and this stumbling over the used and needed parts
Super Projekt. Die "Richtig cool aber was ist es?" Kiste merk ich mir für mein eigenes Sortiersystem. Solche Gegenstände hat man viel zu oft, und ist sich nie sicher wohin damit.
Many a great tatooartist started on bananas!
This is not something I needed to know how to do. Now how am I supposed to keep myself from getting my own sleeves
Pain.
Cost
😂😂
@@markg.1159 it’s not pain, it’s pure joy!
Try drawing with a massive vibrating pen, that should help you decide one way or the other.
So cool. Thanks for the simple explanation on how it works!
Thank you for calling it a machine and not a gun like so many do here in the U.S.
You should be in school books ! You are very empowering ! I wish that many little girls watch your videos so that they know they can do whatever they want.
Got me a “let glue dry” T yesterday, came super fast, in a biodegradable plastic bag, fits perfect 👍🏻, black and white Laura sticker looks fab on my white car “stands out like a very nice sore thumb” in my humble province (Dorf) in NI,,,,,, now to get me a “ let glue dry” tattoo 🤣😂🤣
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
Oh super cool!!!
Schönes Video. Egal wie schief das Gewinde geschnitten ist. Hauptsache es Funktioniert. :)
Very cool film. Love use of all the "junk" parts. Can see there were many hurdles to overcome, congrats - not an easy build. Mahalo for sharing! : )
I love this grip, you could also use it for hand tattooing and it also looks beautiful. It's not just a steeltube that you then have to wrap miles of tape over
Very clever design and wonderful aesthetic. Well done!
Wow this is something different Laura not so easy to make but great work again.
I lived with a tattoo artist for a while in college and was educated about how it’s called a tattoo machine (not gun), much love for your ingenuity and proper terms. I’ve been planning my next tattoo (to be done by a professional lol) so this kind of content is just what I’m in the mood for, thanks as always for sharing for your hard work and creative mind!
So sorry for what’s going on in your area. Hope you and yours are safe and well at this time
I love your project of dermographe , great .
Laura is so rad
Merch idea - temporary tattoos of your logo and Let Glue Dry. For those of us too chicken to get real tattoos?
So cool! Brilliant engineering!
nice idea on how to reuse an old handle!
That was so well made of have to assume you already have a proper coil machine. Very cool video.
I wish I could have nice penmanship like that. I can barely write in English and it’s my native language!
Tattoo machine made with parts from an "elektronischer Biermesser"
Me, a German: interesting 👁️👄👁️
Durch Sprung durch Technik 🤣😂🤣😂 can only be in Germany 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@expatmoose Or Switzerland..... Ricola! XD
@@wanderingfirbolg6738 let’s go the whole hog and add Austria,,, can’t leave no one out😉😉
@@expatmoose Than we have to include germanspeeking parts of Texas as well
Don't forget the German speaking wine growers in South Australia 🤠 🇦🇺
I like it because it is very sanitary
I love the reuse of all these materials. Great work!
Very cool! I love the wide variety of maker projects that you do, and the way you present them. Keep on keepin' on!
Thumbs up and thanks for posting.
Beautiful
Wow! Glad you used the banana. No animals or humans were hurt! 😀
Oh to have a bucket of brass parts. Great build!
I just noticed the smiley face on your vise!!!
In an Apocalyptic world where (bad) AI has taken over I want to be around Laura hanging out in some derilict building where she makes stuff to sabotage whatever needs sabotaging and I make pancakes...
You are hired!
Raise your hand if you want a tattoo made by Laura using her diy machine 😎👍🎶
Great stuff! Subscribed
I never thought of this, a banana tattooing business! All kidding aside, great project Laura.
Let Glue dry! Stay safe and don't harm yourself in pointy instruments. X
Birdy
Hi Laura! You are an artist on so many levels, nice tattoo machine
That was impressive!
I miss that cool vise from the first year of videos!
What?!.... effin awesome!
Thanks Laura.
I liked this upload as I am into tattooing, my first wife was doing her apprenticeship and used me as a guineipig and we bought a gun but I had to modify it for her small hands, would yours be to heavy for say an hour of work.
I saw an upload on here where he made a tattoo machine using a radio control nitro ICE that worked well but not practical, he also made a mini chainsaw and cut off wheel using the small nitro engines.
I'm glad you're not in the weapons business..... But really, magnificent project, as always.
Funny: I caught myself thinking PROST when watching your videos after the premiere and discover a piece of tape 😂👍 Cheers
Fantastic work 👌
next weeks video: "How to remove bad tattoos"
How to build your own tattoo remove laser from an old CD drive
You cover bad tattoos with good tattoos 😉
@@TheZanger and get a big mess.
@@CitizenAyellowblue not at all. A good artist can cover an old tattoo with a new one and nobody will ever know.
Frickin’ lazers!
What an awesome tattoo gun!! I love the look!!
Looks like it could make a good cutter for CNCing paper or thin plastic that don't cut well with a rotary cutter.
Love it ! Cheers Laura and thanks for sharing another awesome video. Happy Sunday! :)
It looked like you had your capacitor and coils wired incorrectly, but props for getting it to work with junk. I make coiled tattoo machines. Nick frys electric tattoo machine. You could get stronger magnets by using scotch tape on the coils instead of electrical tape, and a faster hit by using a skinnier armature bar (bar that holds the needle). Good job either way!
Super awesome. Question: can you tattoo dyed leather? and veg-tan leather?
Cool build
I loved this video. I am also covered in tattoos as well and can appreciate this art form like you do. 👍🏽 your very inspiring, keep the videos coming 😁
THIS IS AN INSAAAANE BUILD!!! Let glue dry.
Super intéressant, merci Laura pour cette nouvelle expérience 👍
Awesome, as usual! 👌👌
You tattooed my heart with this video!
Really cool Laura, you're an inspiration xx
I will admit you're very good at tattooing bananas :)
She must be the warden's favorite inmate
Wow effect! thanks for video
Good job Laura well done you are very talented ave a good day
What a cool idea. Maybe the capacitor could be a weak point, as with these coils, you get really high voltage spikes. No problem, there are many replacements parts lying around. :)
I love that Smudo got a banana tattoo :)
such a cool science lesson
Loved that
Once made a metal engraver, exact same principal. Where does the ink go/come from? 👍 😎
It is added to the tip of the needle by plunging that very same needle into a inkbath, a small container with the ink inside it, similar to how you d do it when writing with a feather. That is also the way it works in some tattoostudios.
I 🖤 u and ur happy vise!
Nice work 👍🏻😄
Such a cool fun project.
nicely done
Just wow, so fun
Jajajajaja muy bueno laura.👍👍
Very interesting build! Funny that you've got a bandage at the same place as I do in my video of the day!
Echt geile Arbeit 🥰 Die Spulen hättest Du schöner wickeln können 😁 aber was soll's Hauptsache es funktioniert
I have a question about the frame of the machine, you plug the negative side of your clip cord in it directly.
How come that when you touch the frame of the machine when it's under tension you don't get an electrical shock ?
Hey Laura,
don't you think it'd be wise to somehow lead the tip of the neele so it can't wobble around? I mean, when tattooing human skin, you have sideways resistance when the needle is in the skin and you move the gun to the side. This might result, as the needles itself are somewhat springy, in the needle to 'jump' on the other side of the center punches hole. Years ago with a rotary machine built from an old cassette recorder motor, I solved this using a Stabilo fineliners metal tip (the gun was still shit, now I'm doing stick and poke, still considering to build a proper gun). Surely you'll come up with something.
Keep up the great work, best wishes,
Johannes
Idea that just popped into my mind:
Widen the center punches hole, cut a thread into it and use motor scooter nozzles. They're dirt cheap/free and you can adapt their size to the size of the needle you want to use.
Very awesome!!!
Basically the principle of a door bell. What is the weight? Looks quite heavy.
Alternative title: Badass Bananas
brilliant LK I love it
how does the ink work? Is it like a pen that holds ink and when it's done you get a new needle?