Tattoo gun

A tattoo gun, is a gun-shaped machine for creating a tattoo, i.e. marking skin with ink. Tattoo machines utilize electromagnetic coils in alternation to move the needle bar up and down, which drives the pigment into the skin.

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Gun - Machine - Tattoo - Skin - Ink

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In the United States, it is most often called a tattoo machine, and use of the term tattoo gun in the is percieved as evidence of naiveite. The term tattoo gun is popular in Europe, however.

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United States - Europe

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The basic machine was invented by Thomas Edison, and patented in the United States in 1876, as the autographic printer, which was intended as an engraving device. In 1891, Samuel O'Reilly found Edison's machine could be modified to introduce ink into skin, and patented the tube and needle system, which is still in use today. In fact, modern tattoo machines are essentially the same machine as the one O'Reilly invented.

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Thomas Edison - 1876 - Autographic printer - 1891 - Samuel O'Reilly

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Most tattoo machines can control needle depth to almost any degree and thanks to this control, tattooing has become a very precise art form, so precise that facial tattooing has become popular in the United States of America. The procedure is called dermapigmentation or "permanent cosmetics".

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