It is often said that a machine is no better than the person operating it. This can also be applied to tattoo machines. A tattooist must have confidence with his machines and must learn to run them properly, not have them run him.
Tattoo machines may vary in appearance but they all run basically the same, and perform the same function, driving a needle up and down very fast, perforating the skin and driving ink in as the operator steers it along while leaving a trail behind. This is done when the machine is connected into a power source and turned on, a full electrical circuit runs through it. When this happens, the two coils become magnetized (an electric magnet) and attract the metal armature bar down to it. As the armature bar moves down, the needles move down. When this happens, the contact points separate from each other, causing a break in the electrical circuit. As soon as this happens, the machine stops, the coils become unmagnetized and the armature bar springs back up. This makes the needle go back up. When it springs back up, the contact points touch each other and make a circuit again, and this starts the process all over. The machine becomes magnetized and unmagnetized and the needles go up and down. This happens extremely fast, too fast for the eye to follow. All that can be heard is a buzzing, as the circuits separate and contact again.

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Some women would like to have a little privacy, so it is a good idea to keep a spare tube top handy for them, so they don’t get any ink on their clothes. Many women will ask for a private session for more privacy.

An office chair on wheels can be used to move around easily to get in different positions. It may or may not have arms on it, has an adjustable back rest and the height should be adjustable also. Armrests work good for steadying the hand while tattooing.
A folding chair can be used for the customer to sit in. A front rail between the two front legs makes a good foot brace for the tattoo artist when working on an ama tattoo. Some like to work off their lap and find it handy to brace elbows on their leg while doing a bicep, forearm or ankle.
To do a back piece, have them sit facing the back of the folding chair with one leg through the opening in the back so they don’t have to spread their legs so far apart. This position is easier for the artist as long as the tattoo is on the upper part of the back. A pillow under the Customer’s arms draped over the back of the chair will make it more comfortable. If the piece is too low down on the back to do comfort-ably in a sitting position, lay them down on a weight bench. The weight bench works well for chest pieces, stomachs, legs and backsides. You should move the customer where you can reach them best, and still have the ink, sprays and paper towels within easy reach. Then adjust the light so you can see well.
This Outline is a basic set-up to get you started. It is the duty of every tattooist to familiarize themselves with this, then take over where this chapter has left off, customizing the área to suit their own needs.

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This list is not totally complete, but it is a good guideline to get you started. Few people can purchase it all at once and must slowly put it together. Don’t be fright-ened by the long list, all the equipment is quite small and portable. Compared to other businesses, this list is pretty simple and not as expensive as some practices can be. Buying in order of importance and practicality first seems to be a smart direction to follow.
Tattooists must have an organized área around them for any kind of efficient work. The universal approach is a work table in front of the worker for proper and easy location of Ítems. You may make the table, but the best and most professional one you can afford would be a wiser choice. It’s important to make sure it is fíat, sits sturdy, and is easy to clean and keep clean. It should also be large enough to hold everything you will need. It is advisable to have a knee cutout in the front of the table (rather then solid) so the customer on some occasions can get right up cióse to the table to keep your reaching to a minimum. A standard table is about 20 inches wide, 48 inches long and a comfortable height off the ground. The top can be fórmica, finished hardwood or preferably stainless steel or glass. A small sink with hot and cold faueets should be mounted in the top off to the side. Sit in a chair beside the sink, facing the farther end of the table so the sink will be on your right side. If you are left handed, everything will be the opposite.
Everything should be within easy reach. The things used most often should be located the closest to you, and the Ítems used less often are located further away. The items used the most are things like caps full of ink, the carbolated vaseline and the spray bottle of green soap. Also, the lamp and paper towels should be within easy reach. Slightly further back, but stül within easy reach, is the spray bottle of alcohol, extra ink caps, three washes to clean the ink out of tubes when colors are changed, going from the first distilled water to the second distilled water to the alcohol last. A little further back are bandage supplies, extra needle bars, tubes and inks, with machine rack just barely within reach to hold spare tattoo machines or another machine with a different set-up. One for outlines and one for shading and coloring.

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Medical Stainless Trays — For needles. Three Glass or Stainless Trays (With Sealing Tops) — One tray containing liner and needle bars. (l’s point one way – 3’s point the other way). One tray containing shader needle bars — (4’s point one way, 6’s point the other way).
One tray containing shader and liner needle tubes (shaders point one way, liners the other way). Glass Quart Jar — One filled with sterile ink caps. Spray Bottles — To hold isopropyl alcohol, green soap mixture (three parts water/one part soap), etc. Carbolated Vaseline — For stencils and skin. Antibiotic Ointments — Such as Bacitracin, for healing. Green Soap — Cleanup and preps. Does not sterilize. Tongue Depressors — To apply ointments. Disposable Razors — For skin prep. Bandage — For tattoos. Handi Wrap — For tattoos. Hospital Tape — To adhere dressings.
Rubbing Alcohol — Disinfectant for cleanups. Does not sterilize. Scissors — Stainless hospital quality. Hemostats — Stainless hospital quality. Gloves — Surgical látex gloves for tattooing.

Stencil
Acétate — Plástic sheeting for stencils.
Cutter — To put groove in acétate.
Powder — Stencil médium for use with acétate.
Ink — Hecktograph Ink.
Tracing Paper — For ink tracings.
Deodorant Stick — For applying stencil to skin.
Art
Inks — A color assortment and black.
Ink Bottles — Four ounce twist top.
Caps — To hold ink.
Holder — To keep caps in place.
Flash — Lots of designs are needed.
Pencils/Watercolors — To color flash sheets.

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Tattoo Machines — At least three are needed, later building up to as many as ten. Some are exclusively for shading, others just for lining. Put your personal marks on each machine so as to always put liner tubes on lining machines and shader tubes on shading machines. Tattoo Parts . An assortment of parts for any repairs. Tubes . Extra tubes for machine, stainless steel. Needle Bars . Liners and shaders. You will need many of both. Preshaped at a supply house for you. Bands . Tensión is important for proper tattooing. Feeler Gauge . For adjusting contact points.

Power – Power Unit . To run machines. Clip Cords . The contact from unit to machine. Foot Switch . To control machine without using hands.
Needle Making Soldering Gun - To solder needles together and to solder needles to bars. Plain Needle Bars . To receive needle group. Needle Jig . To make correct needle groups. Needle Bar Jig . To ensure placement of groups with bars. Stainless Solder . The soldering médium. Tweezers . To hold work. Eye Loupe . To check work and needles.

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This chapter is a materials list and their descriptions for the tools of the trade the beginning tattooist is going to need to start out. By no means a complete checklist, it will still itemize the basic tools of tattooing and the tattooist will no doubt add and subtract from this list as their experience warrants. Please don’t get confused by reading this, because each item will eventually be discussed in more detail in some other section of this blog.
After you’ve read this book several times, all of these Ítems will tie themselves in and start to make sense. A materials list for the tattooist to consider would read something like this, not necessarily in the order of importance:
Shop Furniture Work Table — A médium size table (linoleum or glass top for easier cleaning) to
hold items needed while tattooing. Chair — For the tattooist. Should be comfortable. Some prefer rollers to get around. You can spend a lot of time in this. Customer Chair — A comfortable chair for clients to sit in while their tattoo is being done. Lifter Bench — Common weight lifting bench for clients to stretch out on
while doing back or legs. Foot Stool — For the tattooist’s foot to give him elevation for those who do fore
arm type work or balance the tattoo arm on the knee.
Bench Equipment Adjustable Table Light — To get a good look at what you are doing from all
angles. (Do not use fluorescent light.) Paper Towels and Dispenser — For a variety of purposes from wiping ink up to cleaning tattoos.

Sterilizers
“Stericlave” Autoclave — For sterile dressings and equipment. This is a must. Wayne Dri-Clave — Table top. Sterilizer pouches to check sterilizing. Ultrasonic Cleaner — Cleans all residue from tubes, needles, etc. Ultrasonic Solution — For use with Ultrasonic Cleaner. Ultrasonic Tray and Machine Holder — Submersible tray to hold tools in
while in the Ultrasonic Cleaner. Machine Rack — To hold machines while not in use. Contains test tubes
for machines. Benz-All — A germicidal solution that is non-rusting. This does not sterilize,
but keeps sterile equipment clean. For use in machine test tubes.

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by admin
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One thing to keep in mind is that you are in business for yourself, and your goal is to offer the public a service of beautiful artwork in return for making a living. This means contact with a lot of people and a lot of people spells profít. Never let the public and your fans down. They will increasingly respect and trust you as long as you give them quality work. they rely on you to be competent and professional and are paying good money for that service.
Tattooing is unique because of that mysterious element of permanency involved. This draws some people to it and also may keep some away. As it is, when a piece of work is fínished, it cannot easily be removed. One good mistake and you’ve had it. The customer’s artwork is a living testimony of your skill as a tattooist and more than likely they will be sporting it around for the rest of their lives.
A TATTOO IS AN ART FORM AND THE CUSTOMER IS THE CANVAS.
The quality of your work will depend largely on knowledge of the trade, techniques and how to use them the right way. “Practice makes perfect,” and with the right equipment, practical knowledge and a good attitude, you will eventually have one hot setup and this swings the odds in your favor. Through all these efforts, you will fínally be able to say you are a “tattoo artist.”

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by admin
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A good way to get some quick lessons in the trade is to get a tattoo designs yourself. This will help you decide if you are actually cut-out for this type of work. Look up tattooing in the phone book and make an appointment to visit the best artist in your área. From the minute you walk in to the minute you walk out, observe as much as you can. Don’t ask a million questions, just watch the artist work. A lot can be learned this way.
A hard lesson to learn in life is that nothing comes easy. Everyone must “pay their dues.” With patience and time you will find that business will increase steadily. This will only happen though if you do consistently clean work. Good habits should be formed right from the start. These habits must be drilled into your head so they become like second nature.
No one should just dive into tattooing. It is better to start off gradually on a part-time basis in addition to your regular job until you are firmly established as a good tattoo artist who is known for quality work. Knowledge of small business is also important, and you may want to follow-up this book with one that deals with small business practices such as bookkeeping, taxes, state laws, etc.

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by admin
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The Right Way.

It is important to learn the right way from the very beginning. You ought to read this blog from at first to get an idea of what tattooing is all about. Later, you can go back to each chapter and study them more carefully.
One of the first things to be considered is that you are going to be a professional. This term means that you are going to have a finely developed skill and also a professional attitude. When a professional tattoo artist walks into his own shop, all the distractions of his lifestyle should be left at home. The shop is a place of business (your investment) and should always be treated as such. It should not be a club-house or a place for people to hang out. If it is, your investment will not last very long and this is a good way to get a poor business reputation. A bad reputation is very hard to change and makes it very difficult to build-up any kind of a following.
Sadly, most of the people who begin to tattoo give it up very soon. This is very common and it should not happen to anyone reading this book. These people may have bought the wrong equipment that they didn’t know how to use properly, experimented with it, and failed. This can be very frustrating and lead to the end of a tattoo career very quickly.
It is good advice to purchase supplies from reputable dealers. Cheap equipment does cheap work and is not the mark of a professional person. The wrong equipment will hold progress back, so do try to buy the best that can be afforded. All the tools of the trade are tax deductible,* and quality purchases will never be regretted. The majority of tattooing supplies may be purchased through mail order. As tattooing skills are developed, the choice of equipment becomes a personal matter and each individual will hit upon different combinations of equipment and supplies.

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by admin
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The whole purpose of this blog is to help the beginner become a competent tattooist and to show them how to avoid all the costly mistakes along the way. This blog covers all the aspects of tattooing that must be dealt with in order to do outstanding work and it shares with the reader many trade secrets.
This is a valuable journal for anyone who may be thinking of becoming a tattoo artist and is also useful to anyone who may have already started in the business. It represents the best and smartest methods put together during forty years of experience in the field, as well as the added wisdom from countless talks with others in the same business. When you compare tattooing against other businesses, there is much good to be said for it. The start-up costs are relatively small when compared to other occupations and business ventures. It doesn’t require renting a fancy building or an expensive and demanding staff. You can choose your own hours and days of work. It is a growth type of industry in which the demand vastly exceeds the supply and will likely remain as such for many more years to come.
As time goes by, each person will develop a style and a method of their own that may vary somewhat with the ideas presented here. It is true that one cannot “learn to tattoo” from a book, but a good book can actually save you lots of problems and help with the basics to get you started in the right direction. It is a practical guide to save you from the embarrassment and problems that anyone may run into without basic or advanced know-how.
This blog will teach you techniques and skills used by experts written in a plain and easy to understand style, with drawings provided to help the reader. With patience and lots of study, these skills will beeome like second nature to you, and you will get the skill of being a very good tattooist. With time and practice, you will develop a talent that will surprise you and amaze your friends. The course in this book puts all knowledge at your fingertips, but how far you advance will be equal to how great your ambition is. Since this is a growing industry and there is a great demand for more and better tattooists, with a little hard work, this book will turn you into one. Good luck.

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by admin
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