How Do You 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. Step 1 Unplug the hair clippers. Step 2 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. Step 3 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. Step 4 Thread the free end of the guitar string through the ink tube. The tube is meant to st