TATTOO MACHINES COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY GRADED (A+
PASS)
Historical types of tattooing Ans✓✓✓Tapping, Stick and Poke,
Scarification
Tapping Ans✓✓✓Using a weighted barbed stick to implant color
Stick and Poke Ans✓✓✓Using a needle (and often thread) and pigment
to make designs
Scarification Ans✓✓✓Making cuts into the skin and then rubbing
pigments or simple irritants into the skin to leave a permanent mark or
scar
Modern Tattoo machine types Ans✓✓✓Coil and Rotary
It's the ____ and the _____ that separates rotary and coil tattoo machines
Ans✓✓✓Motion & Method
Traditional Coil Machines Ans✓✓✓Utilizes electromagnetic current
passed through a pair of coils to trigger a draw and release of the
machine's armature bar in a hammer-like effect. The breaking and re-
establishing of the electromagnetic field is what makes the machine
choppier.
, Rotary Machines Ans✓✓✓Much quieter, the machine has a small motor
encased that moves the needles up and down in a smooth almost cyclical
pattern
Coil Tattoo Machine Pros and Cons Ans✓✓✓Pros: Very popular
technology that is widely used and inexpensive
Cons: Heavier, often noisier units with more hand vibration need
separate devices for liner & shader
Rotary Tattoo Machine Ans✓✓✓Pros: Low weight, makes tattooing
almost like drawing with a pen. Lower noise/vibration. Can be used as
either a liner or a shader
Cons: Expensive, customer support may be hard to find
Modern Rotary Variants Ans✓✓✓Direct Drive, Armature Bar Guided,
Linear Action and Swashdrive
Contact Screw Ans✓✓✓This connects the front spring/armature bar.
Changing settings makes the distance between the armature bar and coils
longer or shorter. A shorter distance is a faster up-and-down motion,
longer distance is a slower motion. The part of your machine you'll
spend most of your time dealing with.
Front Spring Ans✓✓✓this is the part that is in constant contact with the
contact screw, made of steel, longer for shaders and shorter for liners
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY GRADED (A+
PASS)
Historical types of tattooing Ans✓✓✓Tapping, Stick and Poke,
Scarification
Tapping Ans✓✓✓Using a weighted barbed stick to implant color
Stick and Poke Ans✓✓✓Using a needle (and often thread) and pigment
to make designs
Scarification Ans✓✓✓Making cuts into the skin and then rubbing
pigments or simple irritants into the skin to leave a permanent mark or
scar
Modern Tattoo machine types Ans✓✓✓Coil and Rotary
It's the ____ and the _____ that separates rotary and coil tattoo machines
Ans✓✓✓Motion & Method
Traditional Coil Machines Ans✓✓✓Utilizes electromagnetic current
passed through a pair of coils to trigger a draw and release of the
machine's armature bar in a hammer-like effect. The breaking and re-
establishing of the electromagnetic field is what makes the machine
choppier.
, Rotary Machines Ans✓✓✓Much quieter, the machine has a small motor
encased that moves the needles up and down in a smooth almost cyclical
pattern
Coil Tattoo Machine Pros and Cons Ans✓✓✓Pros: Very popular
technology that is widely used and inexpensive
Cons: Heavier, often noisier units with more hand vibration need
separate devices for liner & shader
Rotary Tattoo Machine Ans✓✓✓Pros: Low weight, makes tattooing
almost like drawing with a pen. Lower noise/vibration. Can be used as
either a liner or a shader
Cons: Expensive, customer support may be hard to find
Modern Rotary Variants Ans✓✓✓Direct Drive, Armature Bar Guided,
Linear Action and Swashdrive
Contact Screw Ans✓✓✓This connects the front spring/armature bar.
Changing settings makes the distance between the armature bar and coils
longer or shorter. A shorter distance is a faster up-and-down motion,
longer distance is a slower motion. The part of your machine you'll
spend most of your time dealing with.
Front Spring Ans✓✓✓this is the part that is in constant contact with the
contact screw, made of steel, longer for shaders and shorter for liners
