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The mechanics behind the tattoo machine have remained relatively unchanged for nearly 100 years. Thomas Edison in 1877 patented an electric marking pencil. A man named Samuel O'Reilly took Edisons design and made a few small changes and patented it as an electric tattoo machine. Shown here are many different styles of machine frames. However, underneath most of them, Edisons two-coil design remains the same. |
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