As we were unloading needles a few weeks back Jessica had a great idea to pack up all the great 7’s we carry as a Super Seven Sampler. This great collection of needles gives you 7 different styles of 7’s. The sampler includes 7 liners, 7 ma
Established Ink Sample Set – 9 Colors
Start off your New Year right by choosing your own sample color set from the Established Ink line. We have lowered the price down to $45 for 9 half ounce bottles of any of Established’s great colors. Mix and match anyway you want. Get two y
Brand New Pulse Ergo Disposables
We are very excited to announce our brand new Ergo Disposables. We have been working on this project for a while and we are now stocked and ready to go. We took our best selling large Ergo grip and turned it into a high quality disposable t
New Book from Martin LaCasse
Martin LaCasse is the artist behind the best selling book Take What You Can…Give Nothing Back, and the award winning collection Three Sixty Five. He returns next month with an all new book of art entitled Make Your Mark. This go round Mar
New Pulse Heritage T-Shirt
Our New Pulse Heritage T-shirt is avalable now. The artwork is incredible and we came to learn about the artist through the magic of Instagram. Like most people, I like to eat my lunch with one hand while broswing the web for new artists an
TattooNOW Tattoo Artist Sweepstakes Is Awesome
The good people at TattooNOW have put together a really unprecidented sweepstakes of goods and services just for tattoo artists. The Professional Artists Dream sweepstakes is just that.TattooNOW put together a really top tier line-up of com
I keep breaking rear springs, any ideas ???” -Luther S., IA
Springs break for a myriad of reasons. Fundamentally, all things break because you place physical stress on the bonds, causing them to separate . The stress can create fissures, or fractures and a vibrating tattoo machine will exploit them
My machine keeps heating up, what is causing it?” – Digger.
This is one of those questions that has a hundred possible answers. All machines are going to create some heat. When passing electricity through a resistance (the wire in this case) the by product is heat. How much depends on the resistance
I stripped the f*cking screw on the machine, how do I get it out!!” – Angry Guy
O.K. a couple things to start. #1 No one was angrier than me when I stripped a screw on a machine. #2 No one was more to blame than me because I liked the small button head cap screws, and they strip if you fool with them too much, so that
“How do I adjust spring tension?” -C.D., IL
How do I adjust spring tension? This is a hundred year old question, and I can tell you how we go about it, but the answer is – There is no real formula. Springing a machine is just like tattooing, I can tell you what to do, but until you h