Joshua Bowers 2 Stroke Drect Drive+

Two machines in one! Easily change from a standard solid hitting Direct Drive to a Rotary with give simply by changing the polarity / flipping your clip cord connection.

Now with a Swing Gate Vise that works great with all tubes!

A Few Words From Joshua about this machine:
The time is finally here to introduce my new direct drive project that I’ve been developing with @workhorseirons . I’d like to introduce the 2 Stroke. I called it the 2 Stroke because it has the unique ability among direct drives as having two very unique and different stroke characteristics in one machine. When the machine is hooked up with the positive to the top binding post the 2 Stroke is a killer, snappy super capable long stroke direct drive. Flip the clip cord so the positive is on bottom and it changes the stroke completely. The 2 Stroke has a torsioned swing arm in the cam that reacts to the resistance of the skin. On the “give” setting the needles hit the skin softer and less abrasive but the best part is that unlike typical “give” mechanisms the give on the 2 Stroke doesn’t control needle depth. The needles will hit the skin with less force but still penetrate the skin the same depth as if no give was used. This ensures that all ink is deposited in the depth of retention, needle depth is more predictable and tattoos heal more solid on all the different types of skin.

Specs:

• 3 Piece Bolt-Up Body
• Blackened Steel Swing Gate Vise that works great with all tubes!
  
• Anodized Black Aluminum Motor Cover and Frame
  
• Deluxe Brass Hardware
• Now with Bowers Brass Weighted Wingnut to balance Clip Cord Pull
  
• Weighing in at a mere 4.65 oz!
• Runs best between 3-6 Volts
• 5mm Stroke
• Pushes any grouping with ease...big stuff, small stuff, no problem
  
• Good with Carts or Needle on Bar
• Lining, Color Packing, Stippling, B&G....it does it all

Joshua Bowers Micro-Liner Rotary Tattoo Machine

A Few Words From Joshua about this machine:
This machine is designed,built and tuned to run like a coil machine. The tuning is in the frame geometry and setup so there's no knobs or settings to fall out of adjustment. Ready to tattoo out of the box. Light, but not too light. Very punchy and snappy on the tip of the stroke and backs off slightly in the middle of the stroke. Great for sculpting fine finesse lines ran off the needle tips and also great for burying a large grouping liner and pulling a solid single pass lines quickly.

Specs:

• 3 Piece Bolt-Up Body
• Blackened Steel Vise and Spring Shelf
• Anodized Black Aluminum Body
• Deluxe Brass Hardware
• Now with Bowers Brass Weighted Wingnut for better balance
• Weighing in at a mere 3.65 oz!
• Runs best between 6-7 Volts
• Pushes any grouping with ease

Joshua Bowers Micro Liner Care Instructions

Joshua Bowers Rubber Band Placement Diagram

New Mike Pike x Cory Rogers Linear Rotary!

Built and designed by Cory Rogers and Mike Pike, these collaborative linear rotary machines are smooth running, consistent, and built with only the finest components to ensure years of problem free use.

Here are the specifics:

• High-grade Aluminum body precision milled
• Custom Green Anodized Parts with Rainbow Glitter Powder Coated Frame, plus 24k Gold Plated Binders and Wingnut
• Powered by a top of the line Maxon motor described by Mike Pike to be the "best motor he has ever used in a rotary"
• Comfortable and well balanced with a tube vice that will bite and hold all disposable and stainless tubes
• Forward facing wingnut that won't ride your hand or get in your way
• 4 mm stroke that works great for color packing, shading and also large groupings lining
• Pushes 5 to 49 mag and 9 to 18 Rounds no problem
• Runs best anywhere between 5 and 10 volts
• Most are lining between 8-10 Volts for larger groupings, 5-9 volts for color packing and B&G work
• Great with Needle on Bar or Cartridges
• Lightweight weighing in at a mere 4.5 oz
• Available with Clip Cord or RCA connection option

Made with love in the USA by real tattooers Mike Pike and Cory Rogers.

Thanks and enjoy,
Mike & Cory

Mike Pike Clipper Power Liner

- Built and Tuned Specifically for Large Grouping Liner Work
- Cast Iron Clipper Frame
- Hand Sanded and Cleaned up with a HD Black Powder Coat Finish
- Deluxe Black Hardware
- Soba 0.50" Wide Power A-bar
- 1.125" 6 Wrap Black Tape Coils
- Slow Speed with a Heavy Hit
- Pushing 7's to 18's Easy
- Running 115-120Hz @ 6.5 V Unloaded
- Weighs 8 oz
- MADE IN THE USA

*For those that might be wondering, Clippers are now built by Mike Pike as part of SOBA's partial machine retirement! Same quality, care, and performance the Clipper has always possessed, just built by another one of our highly qualified builders.

*BLACK FRIDAY Special Edition run at special pricing! 

Seth Ciferri Mini-Flatside Liner

- CNC Cut ALUMINUM Mini-Flatside Liner Frame
- Black Anodized Finish
- Deluxe Blackened Hardware
- Forward Facing Guillotine Vise, Great for Right or Left Handed Use
- 1" 8 Wrap Heat Shrink Coils
- Medium/Slow Speed with a Heavy Hit
- Running 125-130 Hz @ 6 V Unloaded For Steady Single-Pass Heavy Lines
- Pushing 7's to 14's Easy, turn up for 18s depending how you tattoo
- Weighing in at 5.3 ounces
- MADE IN THE USA

A Few Words From Seth about this machine:
"Woooooo damn these little dudes hit HARD. Weighing a mere 5.3 oz and CNC cut from a solid block of aluminum, they’re built to push the big stuff, from 7 on up. The common shortcomings of aluminum frames have been eliminated, with a steel insert at the clipcord connection, and beefy side plate with nice smooth radii where it meets the base and spring shelf, making this frame just as stiff as iron. 8 layer shorty coils stay nice and cool while pushing those baggy 18 liners all damn day. The guillotine style vise with hold any tube, steel or plastic."

NEW Mini Version of Mike Pike's Mean Mugger Liner!

• Black Zinc Finished Iron Frame
• Deluxe Blackened Hardware
• 1" Black Shrink Coils
  
• Swing Gate Vise Guaranteed to Lock Tight on Any Tube
• Running 135-140 Hz @ 6.5 V unloaded
• Medium Speed with a Solid Hit
• Pushing 3's to 11's all day
• Weighs 7 oz
• MADE IN THE USA

New Mike Pike Smith & Howard Liner!

Milled with updated Mike Pike geometry in the shape of what is traditionally referred to as a Blackie frame for it's association with the tattoo artist Brooklyn Blackie. Many are under the presumption he was the originator of this design, but this frame shape was originally made by Smith & Howard Tattoo Supply in the early 1900s. 

• Mini Pike S&H Frame CNC Cut from Iron Bars
• Black Zinc Finish
• Deluxe Workhorse Blackened Hardware
• Long Fluted Armature Speed Bar
• Blackened Steel binding posts
• 1" 8 Wrap Workhorse Coils
• Medium Speed with a Long Stroke and Hard Hit
• Running 130-135 Hz Unloaded at 6.5 Volts
• Great for use with 5s to 14s
• Made in the USA by Mike Pike
• Comfortable and well balanced with a tube vice that will bite and hold all disposable and stainless tubes
• Forward facing wingnut that won't ride your hand or get in the way
• 6.4 ounce weight

Introducing the Steeldriver. After over a year of design and testing the Steeldriver is ready. It has proven to be an incredibly capable liner and shader with cartridges and needle tube setup. The stroke characteristics of the Steeldriver are different than the other Bowers models in that it takes the stroke philosophy and mechanical give to the next level. The Steeldriver is more snappy off the tip than any other Bowers machine, it still has that mechanical give that keeps you from feeling like you’re skating on thin ice when lining but it’s ability to drop in lines and color equally well off the tip, middle and back of the stroke are second to none.

The Steeldriver is a powerhouse of a machine. It has the most coil like hit of any other model. With it’s adjustable yoke you can have a slow super punchy stroke or a tighter snappy stroke. Great for cartridges and needle tube, designed for both lining and shading, and makes a great stipple shader as well. This machine will pack color and run a large grouping lines effortlessly.

The Steeldriver design builds off the phenomenon of the cam quarters as mentioned in my book “The Right Tool For The Job”. This is where I explain that rotary machines have a tendency to want to push skin away from the needles as they are coming down because the needles are slowing down on that last quarter of the cams rotation. Rather than punching the needles in like a coil machine they ease in to the skin. The SC Bobber and the Micro Bobber have both been successful at engineering around this phenomenon but the Steeldriver goes a few steps further and eliminates that last quarter of the stroke altogether, the needles come to a complete stop at terminal velocity. What that gives you is an incredibly balanced and controlled stroke that is more capable of lining off the tips of the needles with both large and small groupings. As a shader the Steeldriver punches ink in to the skin with great efficiency. Black and gray as well as other softer techniques can be achieved with the Steeldriver through practice as well.