Paco Rollins

What you think about the Paco Rollins Machine? Compare to Next Generation, Time Machine & Micky... Thanks.

that all the machines you mentioned are good running machines, specially Next Gen (eclipse) which I own and love. The bottom line is that you need to know how to tune your machine, learn about spring tension, gap, voltage, etc to get the most out of any machine. Regarding Micky Shaprz, I wish the tube vise was different. Older models are better than new ones. ----------------------------------------- http://www.tattooconnect.com -----------------------------------------

I also own a Next Gen. (Orion), little heavy for me though. I'm just an apprenctice, a lot more to learn & looking to explore any machine that I'm comfortable with. Maybe a mid-weight machine will work for me... Just need more opinions besides my mentor & the artists at the shop.

the best way to know is to buy them and try them. You may end up with several machines in your career. I own like 12 and for different tattoos I use a different machines. Although my Next Gen aluminum and my Watson are my fav shader/ liner.

So what about Paco Rollins, good?

So what about Paco Rollins, good?

Never owned one, but I checked a few on ebay, they look solid, but again a machine is not good by itself.

ive wanted to try a paco rollins, he was the first machine builder i ever knew of. The guy i worked under was from seattle and knew him. He said hes a wicked young guy but he looks a million years old. like smoking and drinkin had got to him, he said he walked into the shop with a box of machines sellin them for wicked cheap, everyone in the shop got one but him, and everyone raved about them. I guess they are really nice. But like cravink said. Know your machines in and out. you mentioned your orion being a little heavy? Try bigger grips to counter the weight into your hand. Or maybe get an aluminim frame. A guy i work with has the 666 Orion in aluminim specifially made for Paul Booth (but paul uses micky sharps) and the thing weighs NOTHING. I just got a number 8 Brass Eclipse for portrait and im probably picking up a shorty coil machine for powerlining. Dan is not a business man, he just tells it like it is. And when he talks about his machines you just drool and dream about gettin one. i got off topic... im going to call paco rollins pretty soon anyways, to talk about his semi-magnetic liner, and what the pros are for it. I just dont understand the concept, why would less resisitance make a better liner, I could understand a semi-magnetic shader for wicked soft grey shading or small color. But not lining. But he is talking about the frame and not the coils. I dont know, when i talk to him, ill post it here.

ive been a hardcore micky sharpz fan for years...but recently i bought a couple pulse machines and i was just dumbfounded how sweet and easy it ran...that i bought a pulse solution shader and they have both became my main machines..and the other 15 or so i have are(including a paco rollins) have been slid to the back burner..do your research,know what you need,and your machine will find you...

thats funny, my pulse solution shader became my backup machine when i went to next gen and pulse. for a good reason though. It does whatever i want with it. its a flexible design. it did need to be shimmed though, one thing i noticed about it, is that its wicked loud, regardless of the o ring, or setup. its just RAT TAT TAT. wicked loud. i have it as a black and grey machine. so it backs right down to a smooth hum. another thing hah.. i had this solution forever, and when i switched shops i had it in a case filled with foam. well aparently foam holds humidity, and it became all rusted. I threw the thing in citranox to eat the rust, well it also ate the black coating. but im pretty sure its black oxide. which is FUSED with the metal, i dont understand why it came off. So i took advantage of the situation, so i smoothed out every sharp or hard edge on the outer frame. the frame on it is wicked chunky. why is one thing i dont like. its kinda effortless, like taking it right off the CNC, drill some holes and send it out the door. Just doesnt have the love you know? so now its all smoothed out, feels like glass in your hand, and then i heated it up and dropped it oil a million times. blackenned it up.

hey body graffiti, what paco did you get and how did it run? any thoughts?

i have the semi-magnetic liner...its alright for certain stuff...its top heavy (to me) although it is a quiet machine..but ive noticed for the way tattoo the lines aren't consistant like all my other machines...again its a matter of preference...jay

That Semi-Magnetic is the lightest machine he has, 7.4 oz... What's the purpose of semi-magnetic?

I don't like the Next Generation Machines. I've bought and tried to use them twice, and it was 3 years apart, thinking that if Guy uses them, and plenty of other good artists, they must hold some value. I just don't like them, and I know at least 3 other local tattoo artists, all with skill, who bought them like I did and hated them. My new favorite is my Joshua Carlton shader, it's the bomb. Otherwise I use Pulse shaders and Aaron Cain liners, they are my workhorses.

My aluminum next gen eclipse is a light and sweet machine but it vibrates too much due to material and size of cores/ armature bar. The aluminum doensn't absorb vibration as good as iron. I Use it for greywash and I am happy with it, I just wish it vibrates less. ------------------------------------------------ http://www.tattooconnect.com ------------------------------------------------

aluminum frames will vibrate your finger bones to dust! stay with an iron frame or better yet brass.

dan what about them did you not like? the weight? the feel? the look? or just plain how they work? cravin, maybe try redrat grip covers? I use them all the time, i also use HUGE grips which relieve tons of cramps and pain.

I just got Paco's brass liner. After a very small amount of fine tuning, it runs wonderfully. In fact, the other artist here is trying to swipe it from me every time I turn it around. I bought it as a back up for my mickey's. Still use the mickey's primarily, though.

I don't like the way they run. I left my machines at the shop when I showed up for the Boston Tattoo Convention, and in desperation, I thought i'd give the Next Generation machines a second try. They either hit too hard, or not hard enough, I couldn't use them at all. I had a fellow artist offer to retune them so I could use them for the show, but I returned them instead and borrowed machines from a couple of other artists.

wicked.

I love my Paco Rollins shader, and I know a couple of tattooers who have the semi-magnetic liners and swear by them. Paco talked to me on the phone for a bit when I ordered to figure out how I wanted it set up, and it worked great out of the box. And for 125 bucks, that's pretty unheard of. I had a Ciferri micro jones that I was happy with, but that got put aside when I got a T-Iron machine from Bicknee. I use that thing every day...it's the best liner I've ever had. There's exceptions to every rule, and with the right tuning/springs, "crappy" machines can work great. I've heard that Filip Leu uses a National Eagle daily. The best shader I've ever had, that I use every day and replaced both a Soba and Cain shader, was built with a supreme frame, and Pulse coils/hardware. I'd say that at 125-140 bucks, you can't go wrong with a Rollins machine. Helluva nice guy too.