Hand Engraving a Tattoo Machine frame

[davidshe]

Just finished hand engraving the steel frame of a tattoo machine. Some tattoo artists like their equipment to look classy! The pictures will give you an idea of the process that I used.

 

[JOEYS CARVED ART]

It looks great, I guess I am going to have to engrave mine now. Have you ever engraved with a tattoo gun? I had never heard of it and a friend of mine, his name is Brent Pearson from Colorado was telling me about it and he sent me a paper that was wrote about it. It's about 20 pages long and it shows different styles and techniques that can be done with it. It is a very interesting read for us people that love engraving.

 

[dogcatcher]

Beautiful work.

 

[dave gibson]

Nice work David, I do a lot of tattoo machines too. I've been in the tattoo business since 1980 so most tattooers know about me and many want me to engrave their machines as collectors items. Good thing for me cause I sure ain't the best engraver available. There's some pix on my profile, I tried to post them here but can't figure that part out.

 

[jkoper]

very nice.

 

[don hicks]

David; Thanks for posting this, I like to see the progression posts and the holding methods, very informative.
Cheers
Don

 

[davidshe]

Joey - Can't imagine what kind of engraving is done on metal with a tattoo machine. Maybe you can start another post if it seems interesting.

Dave Gibson - your work looks good! This was my first tattoo frame and I can see where some tattoo artists would like to collect old machines.

Thank you Don, jkoper and dogcatcher for your compliments!

 

[monk]

yeah, yeah- i also like it. how did you do the stippling ? what kind of point ?

 

[davidshe]

Yeah, yeah, glad you like it Monk! The stippling was done with my rotary tool this time. I am getting more confident with it and I like the look. I admit it is a bit risky.