Thanks for the Video

Thanks for the breakdown, spent so much time trying to decide which one to buy. Super helpful!

@Tattoobart147

3 ай бұрын

Glad i could help🙏

@TatouazInkSkin-ct6xx

3 ай бұрын

@@Tattoobart147 just ordered the fold pro w 2 batteries. I have an Axys Valkyr that I love but the cam bearing failed in the middle of a tattoo so I had to send it for repair. But the stroke is only from 1.9-3.2. Which is fine (I’m a cosmetic & restorative tattoo artist) but now that I’m learning traditional tattooing I need more punch. My backup is a mast tour but I don’t feel like it’s the best for tattooing actual people.

Thanks for détails

I use both fold2 for shade and fold pro for lines so i wont be having to chance the stroke and needle poke every time

The details helped me decide that i should have 3 different machines and for good reason lol but yeah i have the archer 3.5 now and the fold 2 pro which ill likely add another to my stable for dedicated bigger mag work and power lining for the new skool style. Coming from coil machines these are a trip and ive realized that cartridges can be 65% of the equation for the way the membrane and tension is for the "hit"

@Tattoobart147

2 ай бұрын

Yea a lot of times the cartridge can make a whole lot if difference. Also i feel you can push way harder on to the skin than you would with a coil. I sometimes still prefer a sidewinder or coil to do my lining with. But i am slowly adapting as well

@syndicate5357

2 ай бұрын

@Tattoobart147 I don't really push the thing into the skin I let it glide under its own weight or float the tip and use pinky ad a backspring like I have since I started tattooing at like 10 years old thanks to my older brother who was 19 years older than me and in the industry. Shops here and really all over are pushing for the "disposable career" as was called by one of my mentors in the scene and life. They don't want me to run coil machines at all, despite it being a better liner and faster by orders of magnitude, or the few that allow it here require all disposable everything which seems to invalidate most of why I searched for or built and machined the tube's I have.... but regulations trying to push autoclave out and make it weird. I love my coil machines and knowing how I built them or how they were built for me by the artists that custom built them as gifts means I know exactly what to do and how it will hit due to their design etc. As these "wands" or "rotary wands/pens" wear in you will never truly see it all till it either massively fails or falls out of usability and you'll have to try finishing the tattoo another time after the mail comes in. Cartridges much like old school prebuilt needle selection and company make a WORLD of difference and should be the huge thing that is looked at first, making a machine that has a stroke that's measurable is easy and old technology, so variances will be in adjustability, or set throw length of stroke, and durability/how long the motor will last. Cartridges have variations on membrane tension, it's thickness/resistance and then how the needle sits in there and angles through to the tip, and then how the membrane pulls back on the stroke or rather the speed at which it pulls back

@AndrewHohn

24 күн бұрын

Seriously the new needle cartridges are crazy

Thank you for this video ! I would like to buy a machine to learn tattooing but just as a hobby not to make it my job, which one of these two machines would you recommend ?

@Tattoobart147

3 ай бұрын

I think that if it will just be for a hobby just go with the cheapest one, use it for a while and you can always upgrade after a couple of years

Would you prefer fold 2 pro or fold pro or fold 3? I usually line with 3 or 5 rl and rarely use 7rl. But i use small and larger magnums like 9rm or 24rm.

@Tattoobart147

Ай бұрын

I think for softer work the fold 3 if probably my favorite. But the fold pro is a bit stronger so it could help you pushing that 24rm👍

thanks ;))

I’m a fine line tattooist. I like to use 4m for my lines. What machine is better for 5rl lines?

@Tattoobart147

7 күн бұрын

To be honest i consider 5rl lines as fineline. I think you could use the fold 2pro nicely.

@Janey4514

7 күн бұрын

Yes I do fine lines so 5rl 3rl and sometimes 1rl but wondering if it gives enough punch for those.

@Janey4514

7 күн бұрын

@@Tattoobart147is that the mast fold 2 pro? X

@Tattoobart147

7 күн бұрын

Yes i preffered the mast fold 2 pro for finer lines. The fold pro is a bit to powerfull in my opinion for finelinework. Specially on 3.9 or 4.2. But again everyone is different. My coleague uses the fold pro for anything, fineline, bold lines, soft shading and packing on the 4.2mm stroke.

@Janey4514

7 күн бұрын

Thank you

💥🔥

What machine would you recommend that’s budget friendly and good quality

@Tattoobart147

4 ай бұрын

There is a lot nowadays. Would it be a pen style machine or a normal al machine

@Gitano_inks

4 ай бұрын

@@Tattoobart147 pen style machine

@Tattoobart147

4 ай бұрын

I think my favorites right now are yilong f6, dragonhawk fold 3 and ambition torped

@janusz4225

2 ай бұрын

@@Tattoobart147 Why not Fold or Fold 2 ???

@Tattoobart147

2 ай бұрын

Personal prefference

Hi ... Just bought the Fold 2 pro ... Can you tell me please how to lubricate that kind of machine ?

@Tattoobart147

3 ай бұрын

You dont really need to lubricate it, what you can do if its a bit ‘noisy’ screw of the grip and use a lubricant or a bit of vaseline in the hole where the pushrod sits. But dont lubricate any mechanical parts

@franckstanguennec2260

3 ай бұрын

@@Tattoobart147 oh ok ... i saw in a video that the top side of the wheel need to be lubricated every 80 hours ... But that's a good news if it's not really necessary ;) ... Thank you

@Tattoobart147

3 ай бұрын

@franckstanguennec2260 honestly i dont even know hoe to reach that part of the machine. Because it doesnt come apart that easily🤣 but have fun with the machine!! Hopefully you get to make some great art with it!

I'm looking for a machine that'll do fine lines very well, after watching the video I'm still not quite sure. Which one do you prefer for fine lines?

@Tattoobart147

18 күн бұрын

Well i try to keep my reviews neutral. Because dor most part a machine is personal prefrerence. For me personal the yilong f6 was the best. But this ofcourse is a personal thing

@bruhmoment9216

18 күн бұрын

@@Tattoobart147 And between the ones in the videos, which would you rather use for finer lines? Or does the Yilong clear both of them when it comes to lines?

@Tattoobart147

18 күн бұрын

@bruhmoment9216 between the both i would go for the fold pro since its more versitile. Fold pro will beat the yilong. But the fold pro was not my favorite for fineline. For finelines i would prefer the fold 2 pro. But overall the fold pro is a better machine

@bruhmoment9216

18 күн бұрын

@@Tattoobart147 Thanks a ton!

@Tattoobart147

18 күн бұрын

@bruhmoment9216 no problem at all

Which one is better?

@Tattoobart147

Ай бұрын

Watch the video i would say😅

Your discount code doesn't work bro

@Tattoobart147

29 күн бұрын

Did you go to the right website? Dragonhawk official website