Homemade Tattoo Machines

Executive Summary By Mark Dennis

Making and using a homemade tattoo machine is not difficult. Iif you have never tattooed anyone before, practice skin is available from tattoo suppliers, which will help you hone the skill of tattooing.
Precautions

• Antibiotic Cream

When you tattoo, you are driving a needle into the skin. Make sure your needle is sterile---don't share needles with anyone.

• Supplies

The main ingredient is a motor. A portable player such as a Walkman is recommended because the motors are small. You also will need wire such as an old extension cord or headphone wires. You will also need an empty plastic pen like a Bic and one or two rubber bands. A piece of wire will further be necessary for a needle. A guitar string works well because it's thin and stainless steel; paperclips work okay, too. The main idea is to have the pen aiming down and the motor on top. Use a toothbrush and bend it into an "L" shape and tape the items to it.

• Preparation Finished product

Strip the insulation off of your wires and attach one end to your motor. Wrap paper around the two "D" cell batteries; tape the paper so that the batteries are in a tube like in a flashlight. Secure your motor near the bend. Use emery cloth or 400- to 600-grit fine sand paper. Clean out your pen. Stick your needle through the pen and, with about 3/16 inch of the point sticking out of your pen, look at the other end of your needle. Where it is level with your motor, bend it over at a 90-degree angle. A working tattoo machine. Hook the wires to the batteries and watch it go.

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