Lever Style
Vise $550.00 Fast, No-slip Lever Arm for attaching tubes.
Use #4A462 Swashdrive Handpiece (for Cartridges)
And
Hawk Flex Grips for cartridges
And
Traditional 8MM, 5/16" Tubes and Loop Needles
And Unimax Disposable Tubes and Needles
Unique Finger Nut and Lever
The unique finger-knurled nut
pre-tightens the vise to
enable other tubes that might vary slightly in diameter
to fit to avoid damage to
the vise or nut trying to clamp the tube with too much
force. Excessive lever pressure might
damage the lever. The finger nut pre-tightens the vise so that when the lever
is pushed back it will hold the tube with just enough
force, snug, and without slipping. Again: over-tightening the finger
nut on
the front may damage the mechanism.
2 Titanium Rose-Joint Driver Bars Included with
Compact
#4A463, 1-Rigid Bar for #4A455 $18.00
Purchased Separately
#4A464, 1-Adjustable Soft-Hit Bar for #4A455 Not Sold
Separately
Lever
Style Cartridge Handpiece
for Compact Swashdrive Handpiece #4A462 $125.00
Swashdrive 25mm handpieces are designed to be re-used by
disassembly: removing the bolt, cleaning, and autoclave
sterilize between uses. Simply rotate the Depth Dial
until the bolt stops moving upwards. then gently pull
the bolt up to remove the bolt completely.
The rubber o-ring on the bottom of the bolt is to be
lubricated with Vaseline or food grade grease prior to
re-assembly. Handpiece #4A462 $125.00
Autoclave
Sterilize
Swashdrive Handpieces between uses.
Disassembles for cleaning and re-processing and/or use
the "Unimax-Invented" Hawk Barrier Sleeves #MB1162
Three variables influence how far the
needles stick out the tip.
First is Stroke length.
The distance the needle actually travels in one
direction which is user selectable from 1mm to
6mm by rotating the Swashplate dial.
Second is the relative starting position of the
needles in the tip of the tube which is determined by how far up
or down you clamped the tube in the tube vise.
Third is the hand
piece adjustment by the Depth Dial, the top
rotating part,
designed to increase or decrease the position of the
cartridge relative to the needle.
Set-up is
versatile and intuitive.
Stroke length (the distance the
needles travel in mm's) is set by the Swashplate mechanism on
the top of the machine. Select a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6mm stroke.
Instruction: First rotate the entire Swashplate so
that the white line beneath the dial
faces forward. This is the highest up-position.
Open the U-shape
lock to upright position. Hold the U-shape lock from moving and rotate the dial to
a mm number ("3" for example) and press the
U-lock back down to set.
Insert the Drive Bar titanium plunger-part
of the Rigid or Give Drive Bar into the
empty vice-grip chuck. Push the open
joint-part of the plastic piece onto the
Rose-Joint Ball to attach the Drive Bar.
(To remove it, press the jaws until it pops off.)
Rotate the Depth Dial so that some threads show on
the top, 5 or 6 threads or more. Instert
a cartridge into the hand piece. Mount
the handpiece inserting the bar drive bar into the
handpiece. Position the wash-out area of the
cartridge face-front. Adjust the Finger
Nut on the vise chuck if you have not
done it before so the tube will clamp
firm but not hard.
Before final clamping: rotate the
Swashplate to a needle-down position. While looking
closely at the needle tips, push the handpiece
upwards until the needles protrude from
the tip at a desired length and clamp.
Reminder to take it easy with the
clamping, this is a precision instrument
designed for performance.
Make adjustments to suit your
tattooing style by:
A) loosening the handpiece and pushing
the handpiece higher,
b) turning the Depth Dial
to change the position of the cartridge and/or
c) re-setting the stroke-length on the
top with the Swashplate.
Converting
from Swashdrive Rose Joint Connection
to Loop Needle Bar Connection
Included Spare Parts
Swashdrive Lever Drive Bars ONLY FIT
Lever Style Compact Swashdrive Handpiece #4A462 Small Center hole.
2 Rose-joint Short Connector Drive Bars
are included with every Compact Tattoo machine. One each. #4A463,Rigid Lever Drive Bar (1) for #4A455 (included)
Replacements only are available for Rigid Bar $18.00/Each #4A464,Adjustable Give-Hit Lever Bar (1) for Compact #4A455 (included).
#4A464 replacements are not available separately at this time.
No price is quoted for Give-Hit Drive Bars.
Bars disassemble for cleaning and re-processing.
Note:
Bars for Lever Style and Threaded Style are different lengths,
not interchangeable. Lever style is shorter.
Supplied with Machine Head
Warranty. The Swashdrive
Compact Tattoo machine has a Six month
warranty from date of purchase. To which
Swashdrive Developments will repair the
manufacturing fault of the machine free
of charge, However, Swashdrive will not
cover return postage cost to Australia.
Failure to the below list of conditions
may invalidate your warranty. Original
purchase invoice with date of purchase
must be provided for any warranty.
Disclaimer. Swashdrive
Developments warranties the
manufacturing quality of the Swashdrive
Compact Tattoo machine. But under no
conditions is Swashdrive Developemnts in
any way liable for any injury, infection
or quality of any tattoo of any person
the Swashdrive machine is used on. This
is the sole responsibility & liability
of the Artist / Owner of the Swashdrive
Tattoo machine. Updated information on
the Compact Tattoo machine may be found
at
Swashdrive Development Australian web
site
www.swashdrivetattoomachine.com
and at Unimax Supply Co, New York at
http://store.unimaxshop.com/compact-swashdrive-p3378.aspx
and at Unimax West in Arlington Texasat
at
http://store.unimaxwest.com/swashdrive-compact-p3334.aspx
Do not allow the following to
occur. It may invalidate
warranty.
Do not drop
this machine, the swashplate
is a precision mechanism.
Do not use
sprays directly on machine
especially in around
swash-plate area, use clean
wipes.
Do not place
machine into autoclave or
immerse into an ultra-sonic.
Do not run
machine with UN-tested or
PWM power supplies, it may
invalidate the warranty.
Do not run
the machine above 12 Volts
DC.
Do not
disassemble the electric
motor from machine.
Entire Contents copyright by Unimax
Supply Co. N Y NY including text,
pictures, and graphics.
SWASHDRIVE WHIP and G8 Rigid and G8 with Give-Clip
use traditional Loop Needle Bars and Tubes
#4A454 Swashdrive WHIP
Includes RCA to Clip Cord Adapter
#4A453 G-8 Rigid Swashdrive
Rigid hit.
#4A450 G-8 Give
Clip Swashdrive
Adjustable give.
$495.00
$550.00
$550.00
All Swashdrives include RCA to
Clip Cord Adapter.
Order cords separately. Prices doe not
include cords, tubes or needles.
Characteristics of Swashdrives
▪
Powerful neodymium magnets
▪
Mechanical commutation
▪
Excellent volume/performance ratio
▪
Highest efficiency
▪
Low inductance
▪
No magnetic cogging
▪
High acceleration from low mass
▪
Low electromagnetic interference
▪
Linear characteristics
▪
High reliability
▪
Bar Tensioner on Whip only
▪
Needle-up Stopping
With a Clean Power
Supply
the motor has a life expectancy
of approx. 20,000 hours.
Swashdrives will run on
almost any power supply,
but we strongly recommend the use
of a quality bridge rectified
Dual Lab Instek,for the clean
DC.
Cheap single knob supplies with heaps of ripple &
noise
will reduce motor life somewhat. Tested & Endorsed power supplies for this
machine.
For a stationary Shop Power Supply
Genuine Unimax-Supplied
EU Certified GW Instek Lab Power Supply
Meets all International Standards of compatibility.
The Smoothest Output of all power supplies Genuine Unimax GW Instek
For traveling try something lighter
like the Unimax Traveler series.
Adapter
included for Spring type CLIP CORD
RCA type connector wiring:
Positive (+) (Red wire) connected to center terminal
Negative (-) (Black wire) connected to
outer shield
Swashplates are not user changeable
but will be
repaired or replaced
only by Swashdrive.
Swashplates are not sold separately
The
swashplate mechanism that drives the needle action is a very
efficient means to convert the rotational motion
of the
electric motor to the reciprocating motion of the needle
producing an approximate advantage of 15:1.
The swashplate delivers
a sine wave motion - constant needle velocity -
throughout the cycle producing a smooth
non-stopping
continuous motion as compared to the stop and start of
conventional crank, cam (2-dimension) and coils.
Only the swashplate can
make use of all 3-dimension axes to create the natural fluid
cyclic reciprocating action
that produces a constant
"brush-like" artistry feel experienced by fine art painting.
Looking down at the Swash from
above:
The motor will run in either direction
but Craig Wyeth says "It likes CLOCKWISE direction."
at 6.0 Volts - 50 Cycles Per
Second
at 9.0 Volts - 100 Cycles Per
Second
at 12 Volts - 150
Cycles Per Second
Swashdrive, G8, Whip, Compact
Set-up
$699.00 Includes: One (1) G8 or (1)Whip or
(1) New Compact G8: Specify Give Clip or Rigid
Choose 1 Power Supply Digital Traveler: (Choose a Color)
or
GW Instek Power Supply
(Adapter supplied free w/ Instek) Set Includes:
TreadLite Foot Switch (USA)
Clip Cord or RCA Clip Cord (USA)
All Swashdrives can run either Clip Cord or RCA
Allen Wrenches,
Inertia Weights on Give-G8 Only
Chris Matisa When I started
in this business 18 years ago I had always been in search
of the next
and greatest tattoo machines.
I drove my wife insane at one point
literally buying a new machine
a month! Yhen I saw the Swashdrive Generation 1 (at the time)
in your Unimax catalog...
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