Hand weight

And for apprentices, you'll have plenty of time before your first tattoo. So I whipped this practice pencil up ghetto style. It's purely for weight purposes. There is no cord attached or vibration. Sure some of the guys in the shop will have choice words after seeing this, but why not let your hand cramp up now instead of during your machine practice?

I've been drawing with this every day for outlines and common stuff around the house. Alright, so get the stuff up above together:
Duct tape, two C batteries, a steady mechanical pencil, and an eraser (or whatever works) to support the batteries.

It's pretty easy. Just piece everything together and duct tape the heck out of it.

1.  Tape the batteries together first, then place and tape those onto the big eraser. I left room for the eraser to slide out for use later, but that's your call.

2.  Wrap the duct tape around the pencil evenly for a thicker grip. (or grab a Red Rat grip and slide it on)

3.  Tape the pencil to the contraption. Just tape an "X" to support it. And make sure to leave space for the pencil's eraser to click.

Later, I added more weight between the eraser and batteries. Ah, ghetto.

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