April 1, 200619 yr http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~ddgarcia/gifs/spam.gif nah rlly, back ontopic - wtf is so great about tatoos?
April 1, 200619 yr `Zodiac']I figured my name would have been brought up into this thread. I've used actual tattoo machines and can tell you that NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU MAKE A GUN it will NEVER be as good of quality as a shop tattoo machine. I've worked at a tattoo shop (designing tattoos and had an apprenticeship), and I've seen a lot of home done tattoos as well. To make a home/jailhouse tattoo gun, all you need is an electric pencil sharpener or a walkman-style CD player (portable CD player, incase you're stupid), a Bic lighter (or a guitar string can do, but I've never had good resaults with it), a toothbrush, a Bic (or other) ballpoint pen, wire cutters, a candle, a pair of pliers, and a bottle of indian ink, or Higgens Black Magic (basically indian ink.. in fact I think it is), and some electrical tape, wire, and a battery/ac adapter. I switch would be a good Idea too. That is the TOTAL list of stuff you'll need to make a home/jailhouse gun. Steps are: Take bic lighter. Remove Childproof guard, the circular thing that strikes the flint, and the flint. Get the spring. Light the candle and hold the spring on one end with your hand and another with the pliers. Heat the spring with the candle's flame (don't let the flame touch the spring, though) and gently pull. The spring will straighten. Repeat until the spring is completey straight. Take the tooth brush and cut off the brush part. Use the handle as a base for your gun (feel free to heat it and mold it to any way you wish). Take the bic pen, remove the black tip part. remove ink cartrige. take wire cutters and cut the tip to pop the ball point out. rinse with paint thinner to clean out ink. Tape the needle (the spring which you bend a little bit at the top at a 90 degree angle) to the motor of the cd player/pencil sharpener. If that doesn't work, take a pencil eraser and stick it on the motor, stick the needle in the eraser. feed the needle thru the body of the pen, then thru the tip of the pen. Stick black tip back in barrel of pen. Tape motor and pen barrel to toothbrush. attach wires to motor. then wires to optional switch, then wires to battery/9v or 12v ac adapter. have fun. Note, home made guns have a blunt point, and are non sparp (compared to actual needles). This causes the needle to skip a lot and can resault in an unsteady line or break. Do not go too deep. It should bleed a little and the ink will ooze back out. DO NOT GO OVER A LINE MORE THAN ONCE (do a line then leave it alone). Doing so will cut up the skin again and probably cause scarring... have fun making a tatto that's scarred up if you do. tl;dr
