A serious tool for an advanced tattooer. It's a DK machine at a great price!
I was looking to get a Dan Kubin machine but they are not only rare but rather costly. Being that the "Rotary with springs" is trending in popularity, I decided to take a look at them because I had heard that they will put in crisp solid lines and can handle any needle size and configuration.<br /><br />So I found this machine with the familiar coil machine frame and springs and here's what I found out so far.:<br /><br />It hits like a hammer!<br />This is a serious machine and definitely not recommended for small needle groupings lining work. It just goes in hard and heavy so anything 9RL and above is definitely adequate.<br />I did try some stipple whip shading with a 5RL at about 5 volts and it worked like a charm. This machine is great if you have fast hand speed with smaller needles but at 14RL and above, it puts on crisp solid lines, SOLID.  8.5 volts was more than adequate for a 14 and then I turned it to 9.4 volts for an 18.<br /><br />Unlike conventional coil machines, the top post screw regulates stroke length. I got this thing to go about 5 MM stroke and no matter how I messed with it, it still kept hitting like a hammer!<br /><br />Now unlike most rotary machines, this one sounds like a coil machine. Buzz buzz buzz all night long but I found it possible to attach an O-ring, as pictured,  to the spring and top binding post and it totally quieted down the machine and regulated the hit a little.<br /><br />The magnet connector is kind of gimmicky but it sticks and it works, although I'm probably going to modify it to accept an RCA connector and if I feel motivated, I'll even do a clip cord mod for it since this motor can be used with reverse voltage and be able to adjust the machine feel for shoft shading and blending but this is definitely a Liner machine at it's core.<br /><br />It's a very exciting tattoo machine and it's solid made. It came with additional springs too which was nice and if you are very well versed in tattoo machine theory, you can make this machine do anything. Literally tune it to do anything.<br /><br />That's my 2 cents and I'm really happy I got this one, will probably turn into my traditional workhorse.
Rating: 5 stars