Tattoo Gun

Question:
i'm looking for information on the workings and maintenance of tattoo guns, anybody know and please tell me?

Answer:
- " Better you should call your momma a whore than to call the sacred instrument used to apply tattoos a gun" -yes I know this will probably reopen the arguments on Guns vrs Machines but I prefer they be called machines. Basic workings. A tattoo machine is a metal frame which has a couple electromagnetic coils that are powered by a supply unit that runs between 9 and 30 VDC. When the coils are energized they create an electromagnetic field which drives the armature bar down causing the circuit to break thus allowing the electromagnetic field to collapse. A spring then pulls the armature bar back up completing the circuit once again. And so on Maintenance: Keep it clean in tune rebuild or recapaciter it as needed. Springs need to be checked for wear and replaced as needed. Also the machine should be built and or adjusted to suit the particular power supply being used in order to comply with the volt/amp profile of a given power supply. This is not something that can just be explained, a good apprenticeship program will teach you all of this or you can spend hundreds of hours learning it yourself hands on.