How to Make a Tattoo Gun Using Clippers
Tattoos are permanent marks on your skin, and choosing to get one is a major decision. Do not attempt to give yourself a tattoo with an improvised tattoo machine like this one (sometimes called a "jail house rig"); use it only to practice the art of tattooing on a fruit or vegetable with a skin like an apple, banana or potato. If after practicing you decide you'd like to get a tattoo or become a tattoo artist, visit a professional and reputable tattoo shop.
Things You'll Need
- Electric hair clippers
- 11-gauge guitar string
- Bic ballpoint pen
- Tape or super glue
- Needlenose pliers
- Screwdriver
Instructions
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Unplug the hair clippers.
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With a needle nose pliers, attach one end of an 11-gauge guitar string onto the moving blade of the electric hair clippers. You may need to remove the metal blade guard with a screwdriver first.
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On the side of the clippers opposite the side on which the guitar string is attached to the blade, glue or tape an empty ink tube from a Bic ballpoint pen so that it sticks out the side of the clippers.
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Thread the free end of the guitar string through the ink tube. The tube is meant to stabilize the needle.
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Cut the guitar string with the needlenose pliers at an angle to make it as sharp as possible; cut it short enough so that it is pulled into the empty ink tube then back out when the clippers are plugged in and turned on.
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Dip the guitar string/needle into ink, turn on the clippers, and practice tattooing on a banana, potato or other fruit/vegetable with skin.
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Tips & Warnings
Use this improvised tattoo machine for practice on a fruit or vegetable only. The needle is not held in place securely, so it will vibrate back and forth. This means it cannot tattoo a clear line. Because this tattoo machine is homemade, you cannot control how deeply the needle penetrates whatever it is being pushed into (as you can a real tattoo gun). Therefore, the needle may not be able to puncture the skin deeply enough to create a well-made tattoo on human skin. Do not attempt to give yourself or another person a tattoo with this machine.
Resources
- Photo Credit http://www.seanbonner.com/blog/archives/002328.php
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Comments
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Patrick Dearman
Nov 23, 2010
This is one of the worst ideas I have ever seen, It not only encourages untrained individuals to attempt the art of tattooing, which only licensed professionals should do. Unless you are trained by a professional and also know the in depth medical aspects involved, you should not attempt tattooing because of the dangers of blood borne pathogens and easily transmitted diseases like hepC. -
xchrisxdeathx
Dec 16, 2009
its more accurate with a mechanical pencil tip added. Just an fyi
