Author Topic: homemade tattoo gun (Read 10909 times)

Barnsey · « **on:** November 12, 2009, 11:37:06 AM »

well first of, if i cant post this then sorry, i'll delete it if i have to.

basically,
i followed a guide to made one on instructables,
link: http://www.instructables.com/id/easy_homemade_tattoo_gun/

it says to hold the guitar string in place with an eraser,
i've tried this but it turns too quickly and flies off :/
any ideas what i can use instead?
secondly,
the guitar string is bent, so when its out of the pen/pencil is goes of at an angle :/
how could i straighten this out?

i was going to buy a pro one, but they're either to cheap which leads me to beleive they'll be bad quality or too expensive :S.

cheers

~barnsey

laxboy · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2009, 03:46:22 PM »

is this string off a guitar? and if so what string are you using

treemty · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2009, 05:36:49 PM »

Why are you making this? And I hope you realise what your getting yourself into.

~:Dhruv:~ · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2009, 11:25:15 PM »

dude tattoos are not to be played around with.... be careful and just be aware of what you are getting yourself into like treemty said....

TwisTtheTwiTcH · « **Reply #4 on:** November 13, 2009, 12:47:04 AM »

Buy a new guitar string.

Go to home depot and find a wooden dowel a little bigger than the size of an eraser

try a different motor

and remember not many professionals tattoo themselves nor should you trust any of your friends to do it for you.

if you must do this or let somebody else do it, buy a ham and practice on it or have them show you they can do it...

*speaking from past experience*
best of luck.

-TwisT

Barnsey · « **Reply #5 on:** November 13, 2009, 10:19:12 AM »

cheers,
yes i know what im getting myself into,
instead of the eraser, im using a button from an old shirt and it seems to be holding up ok,
im using a top e string from a guitar,
all thats left is getting some india ink/tattoo ink
left the string hanging with a weight on the bottom and it seems to have straightened it out

i'll post pics when im finished

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #6 on:** November 13, 2009, 10:34:17 AM »

I wouldnt even bother with that i dont trust that better off going to a tattoo parlor and have it done.

laxboy · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2009, 02:18:34 PM »

ya i do hope you know what ur doing only other places i know that use this is prisons

Barnsey · « **Reply #8 on:** November 14, 2009, 03:10:37 PM »

im 15,
have to be 18 to get a tattoo professionally...

jacobia jacob · « **Reply #9 on:** November 14, 2009, 07:30:47 PM »

whats it gonna look like? also good luck

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #10 on:** November 14, 2009, 10:02:57 PM »

Well wait one more and if your parents approve then u can get one at 16 i mean seriously tattoos i like them and i still dnt have any yet but is it really that important.

laxboy · « **Reply #11 on:** November 15, 2009, 10:22:28 AM »

ya blaze is right again i mean seriously im sure u can just go to a parolor but your most likly going to mess up they have had years of practice at parolors but idk about you depending on ur pain tolerance

Barnsey · « **Reply #12 on:** November 15, 2009, 10:55:27 AM »

well its finished.
tried it out,
worked great.
but i think im gonna go halfsies with a mate for a pro kit.
imma do a nautical star on each collarbone and a copywrite sign on my wrist.

laxboy · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2009, 01:31:02 PM »

=/ well lol good luck with this

Barnsey · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2009, 01:32:08 PM »

cheers

TwisTtheTwiTcH · « **Reply #15 on:** November 15, 2009, 03:49:03 PM »

Aww leave him alone people, worst case the next project is a home made tattoo removal laser. Now that is a "make sure you know what your doing" sort of project. I mean we could always make a "post pictures of your tattoo" section and all would be well with the world.

-TwisT

Barnsey · « **Reply #16 on:** November 16, 2009, 10:10:30 AM »

precisely,
it's my body to

up
and beleive me i'll

it up

802Chives · « **Reply #17 on:** November 16, 2009, 10:59:58 AM »

Quote from: Barnsey on November 16, 2009, 10:10:30 AM

precisely,
it's my body to up
and beleive me i'll it up

this is true, however your adult body may not feel that way... If I got a tat when I was 15 I can 150% garuntee that I would regret it at 27. Sounds like you arent going to go too crazy with it, but please think long and hard, not only are you growing hair in places you never expected but your brain is changing as well and I can assure you, you will not think the way you do no in 5 years and 5 years after that you wont think like that either.

The tatoo removal reminds me of Sons of Anarchy season 1.... fire or knife? (if you havnt watched that show, do so immediately, one of the best shows I have ever watched)

Barnsey · « **Reply #18 on:** November 16, 2009, 11:26:54 AM »

well tbh i've thought bout it loads,
i've been growing hair for a while

im only 15 once and if i cant have what i want now then whats the point?

laxboy · « **Reply #19 on:** November 16, 2009, 01:36:21 PM »

chives is right man even now im 16 i regreat stuff i di last year and im sure that all of us can. I personally have ADD and ive been told thousands of times to think before you do this and to think of the consiquences so im giving you the same advice. also even when you do this it may not hurt you but it could pottentially hurt some one who cares about u

Barnsey · « **Reply #20 on:** November 16, 2009, 01:41:20 PM »

i got ADD too :/
and OCD, tbh i dont think my parents give a

bout me seeing as one of them left and the other is trying to find me a boarding school

laxboy · « **Reply #21 on:** November 16, 2009, 02:16:43 PM »

man im sorry... like really man. even tho were on the computer and we dont know u in real life were all part of the acidmods comunity and were all there for you.

Barnsey · « **Reply #22 on:** November 16, 2009, 11:56:25 PM »

cheers.

treemty · « **Reply #23 on:** November 17, 2009, 01:28:26 PM »

Stop being a typical teenager >_> you make us look bad.

Quote from: Barnsey on November 16, 2009, 11:26:54 AM

well tbh i've thought bout it loads,
i've been growing hair for a while
im only 15 once and if i cant have what i want now then whats the point?

yeaNO
your every age once so unless you are going to say that for the rest of your life. GO ahead.
but there is nothing special about being 15, or 16, or 17, 18 is an exception because you can drive, but like I said you make us look bad by saying this

.

spurgurgle · « **Reply #24 on:** November 18, 2009, 05:17:57 AM »

hey mate dont use that homemade tatto gun that is crazy...... first of all you cant change the needle on it.....
second its made from a pencil ya know.....

if ya want to get into tattooing go to a tattoo shop and ask if they'll take you on as a apprentise....
there are perks to working in a tattoo shop.....
free tattoos
hot chicks comming in all the time, and all tattoo shops have a great atmosphere in them

one of my best mates started tattooing bout five years ago on bacon joints and fake skin... (yes you can buy fake skin....)
and i still wont let him touch me with his gun
but i do let his boss work on my arms.....
just think its there for life

me n a few freind made a little sig up in school bout 10 years ago now. and with needles stolen from design class and indian ink stolen from art and som pain lol
we all ended up with a small sig on us luckilly it was a simple design and i have now had it worked on to look good (by a proffessional)

but basicallly be carefull mate steralise everything and remember not all cover ups will work...
i was lucky with mine... (not that it was a cover up just a re-work lol)

Barnsey · « **Reply #25 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:43:29 AM »

you can change the needle,
its just a guitar string anyway

anyway me and a mate just ordered a whole kit for £91 with 6 guns and 2 of everything else,
500 sterile needles, inks, tubes etc.

ryan0 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 21, 2009, 12:57:14 PM »

Dude I seriously don't recommend this,even if you buy a kit.
Go do an apprenticeship for a year or two in a tattoo parlour,I've tattooed myself before and the results...let's just call them "abstract".So I did an apprenticeship in a tattoo place and learned how to design and apply tattoos properly.And remember,getting inked is addictive,VERY VERY ADDICTIVE,don't get a tattoo unless you know that you can stop once you get a few.

laxboy · « **Reply #27 on:** November 21, 2009, 02:39:07 PM »

ryan is it really addictive i mean thers gets to be a point were u relize

ryan0 · « **Reply #28 on:** November 21, 2009, 05:37:35 PM »

it's not really addictive,it's way beyond really addictive,it's MEGA FRICKIN ADDICTIVE

there's no point where you realise "hey maybe I've got too many tattoos",theres only one point of realisation and thats "Hey,I've got free space on my arm,better go get it inked up"

but it's all uderstandable,if someone gets a tattoo and they like it then why wouldn't they go get another?

I've got my arms inked up (I'd post pics up but my tattoos are all religiously themed and I don't wanna cause no controversy),shoulders,wrists and another place which I refuse to mention.But I'm almost definitely not getting any more ink,but it was extremely hard to resist and still is..

blackburn · « **Reply #29 on:** November 21, 2009, 06:32:13 PM »

yeah i plan on getting 3 tattoos very soon. One on my arm, my back and my leg. I cant decide to get the Fleur De Lis (my family symbol) on my arm, or my leg

ryan0 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 22, 2009, 04:13:27 AM »

On your wrist would be a cool place,I have a crucifix on either wrist and I must say they look damn cool!

blackburn · « **Reply #31 on:** November 22, 2009, 04:48:38 PM »

Quote from: ryan0 on November 22, 2009, 04:13:27 AM

On your wrist would be a cool place,I have a crucifix on either wrist and I must say they look damn cool!

yeah the only problem is that i want them in places that I could hide them if i needed to, and saying as in i dont wear long sleeves(unless its a jacket) my wrists are exposed. Or say for my job.

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #32 on:** November 22, 2009, 09:56:34 PM »

Yea agreed cuz im getting my were if jsut wear a shirt you can see them maybe lil bit of the one on my right but thats about it.

spurgurgle · « **Reply #33 on:** November 23, 2009, 03:59:48 AM »

yeah my bigger tattoo is on my right arm it starts just above the elbow and goes right up to my neck.... and round onto my back and chest a bit......
its only line work at the moment.
as i cant afford to get it finished till after xmas....

but when i where i t-shirt it just creeps out under the sleeve and at the top out of the neck of it.....

i thought i'd try and keep it hidden when i can say for familly dinners (some of my familly are rather posh and would look down on me for being tattooed)
and for job interviews and stuff like that.....

not that i really need to hide it for work as im a site carpenter so we get away looking like a mess on site as we're all messing builders lol

i think by the time its finished it'll take up most of my upper right arm should chest and neck....

the style of the tattoo is a tribal.... kind of..... as i said only line work for now.... but when i get it filled in it'll be filled in in negitive so instead of filling the inside of the design black i will be haveing my arm filled in black and faded out into skin around the edges and the inside of the design will be left skin color.....

should look pretty sick when its all done.... but for now it looks like i've been attacked with a biro.... bloody line work lol

ryan0 · « **Reply #34 on:** November 23, 2009, 09:18:05 AM »

I have sleeves so my tattoos always show when I'm wearing a tshirt,kinda regreat it seeing as how at my job I have to wear a suit all the time,never get to roll my sleeves up or anything....

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