Capacitor - Answer- An electronic component that regulates the coils
Coil - Answer- Create the impedance or resistance used to properly regulate the machines speed and power
Contact screw - Answer- Connects with the front spring/armature bar and the settings of this part with the distance bet...
Tattoo Machines (Oregon)
Capacitor - Answer- An electronic component that regulates the coils
Coil - Answer- Create the impedance or resistance used to properly regulate the machines speed and power
Contact screw - Answer- Connects with the front spring/armature bar and the settings of
this part with the distance between the armature bar and coils longer or shorter. Contact
screw is the stationary contact point for the front spring.
Front Spring - Answer- Part that is constantly in contact with the contact screw
Back spring - Answer- Attached to the frame, front spring and armature bar, provides up
and down motion of the needles.
Rear binding post - Answer- Fixes the coils to the clip cord power from the power supplies.
Top Hat Gromment - Answer- Part that helps needle to become steady on the armature bar
tube clamp - Answer- For tubes and tips. Can be too small for some tubes and needs replaced after repeated use.
yoke - Answer- Regulates the height of the coils
Armature bar (A-bar) - Answer- The steel mass for the magnetic pull
Rotary tattoo machine - Answer- Contains small motor encased in the tattoo machine itself which moves the attached needles up and down consistently without a break in the
circuit.
Skin scribes - Answer- A special marker pen used for drawing on skin freehand.
Thermafax paper - Answer- Used to create stencils that are to be applied to the skin prior to tattooing.
Clip cord sleeves/machine bags, white bottle bags - Answer- A thin plastic barrier that goes over a clip cord in the form of a sleeve.
foot switch - Answer- Turns power supply on or off, allowing the artist to control the tattoo machine with their foot. Clip cord - Answer- Cable used to connect a tattoo machine to the tattoo machines power supply.
Tattoo needle basic overview - Answer- Diameter, needles taper, amount of needles soldered to the needle bar, configuration of the needles soldered to the bar.
Cartridge needles - Answer- Has needles molded into a plastic bar (as opposed to soldered to a needle bar) and is encased in a cartridge
tubes - Answer- Plastic disposable tube that connects to the cartridge needle
A- bar & rear coil aligned - Answer- 1.5 is standard, 1.25 is too long
A-bar flat on front coil, rear coil - Answer- Has between .010 - .012
A-bar should be - Answer- Plain steel, no chrome
Do not allow front spring - Answer- To hang over the rear of the a-bar
Contact screw(end) - Answer- No sharp edges on contact screw end ( should be rounded, very smooth)
Short front spring faster, same spring with high angle will be fast - Answer- A lower angle makes it slower and a SOFTER HIT
Rockwell Scale - Answer- 48-51 on scale for spring stock.
No matter spring length - Answer- Screw should hit at the end of the spring
Stainless steel, super sharp - Answer- Needles will penetrate skin with little effort
.20 (twenty thousandths) - Answer- Thickness material standard for front
.18 (eighteen thousandths) - Answer- For the rear
Brass screws - Answer- Highly conductive(full of copper)
Silver - Answer- Tends to mushroom and widens the spring gap, which causes tuning problems.
Use high level disinfectant - Answer- To clean the screws and spring
Jagged edges - Answer- Cause vibrations
Causes of rattle in machine - Answer- 1. A bent saddle (worst)
2. A poorly cut top coil
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