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Eikon Green Monster Tattoo Machines are based on the project machine that was featured in the first five issues of Machinegun Magazine. The frame is a straightforward welded construction, steel side plate design, with a precision machined, two-piece, quick-change tube vise.

We build four versions of this machine; a short stroke liner, a long stroke liner, a shader, and a coloring machine. All Green Monster Machines are built with 8 wrap Eikon Crown Standard coils and Tru-Spring armature bars and springs.

The Liner machines have a light-weight armature bar and a 15uF capacitor. The air gap on the Short Stroke Liner Machine is 3/64” (dime), resulting in a speed of approximately 140 CPS (cycles per second) with a tube and needle set-up in the machine. The Short Stroke Liner Machine has a 0.019” thick timing spring and a 0.018” thick main spring. The air gap on the Long Stroke Liner Machine is 1/16” (nickel) resulting in a speed of approximately 140 CPS (cycles per second) with a tube and needle set-up in the machine. The Long Stroke Liner Machine has a 0.020” thick timing spring and a 0.019” thick main spring.

The Shader Machine has a mid-weight armature bar, a 33uF capacitor, and a 0.016” thick timing spring with a 0.017” thick main spring. The air gap on the Shader Machine is 1/16” (nickel), resulting in a speed of approximately 110 CPS (cycles per second) with a tube and needle set up in the machine.

The Coloring Machine has a heavy-weight armature bar, a 47uF capacitor, and a 0.015” thick timing spring with a 0.016” thick main spring. The air gap on the Coloring Machine is 1/16” (nickel), resulting in a speed of approximately 100 CPS (cycles per second) with a tube and needle set up in the machine.

All Green Monster Tattoo Machines are painted industrial tractor green and weigh 7.7 ounces (without a tube or grip). Machines come complete and ready to use, but some fine tuning or adjustment may be required to get the machine running to each tattoo artist’s preference.