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The next thing I would like to discuss is setting up the tattoo machine in order so
that you can begin to tattoo. First I am going to show you the traditional style machine
and how that is set up. This is called a V machine and this comes from World Wide Tattoo.
It is reasonably inexpensive. This would be a good entry level machine for somebody that
is looking to first get started and see if tattooing is for them. From this side, what
we have these two items are called coils. The reason I am mentioning this is because
you made need to order additional parts once you get a new machine. These are called coils.
This top section here, this front piece is called the binding post. This section here
is called rear binding post. The small item here is the capacitor. This unscrews on the
side of the front binding post and that is for the spring tension. That is called a tension
screw and that is how you are going to adjust the speed of the machine and whether it is
running right. It is tuning your machine basically and this item right here is a tension screw
for the set screw. It is pretty simple; a pretty simple machine. The next thing I would
like to discuss in regards to this setting up is putting the needle in and the tube over
top of that. The next thing we are going to talk about is the types of needles that we
are going to use. These are needles that are pretty standard in the industry. They are
for the traditional styled machine that we just discussed and they come in various patterns
of needles if you would. There are some that are flat shaders, there are round liners,
round shader's, things like this. Generally speaking you are going to want to go with
two different types of needles. You are going to want one as a liner and one as a shader
and they should always come pre-packaged like this. Okay, unopened. They've been auto claved
so they are sterile. So make sure when you do tattoo, that you open in front of someone.