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 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.