A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Interesting DIY tattoo machine

It’s not at all uncommon for older men with heavy full-body and genital tattoos to have done their own work… I thought people might find it interesting to see this unusual tattoo machine in use by tattoo95fr (lots more in the members section of BME).

Comments

27 responses to “Interesting DIY tattoo machine”

  1. cuntcumber Avatar

    I want to know how he got his testicles so hairless. The thought of trying to shave mine really scares me.

  2. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Wow thats some heavy inkwork.

    Tattoo machine looks like a museum piece tho lol

  3. TzanhZsu Avatar

    @cuntcumber

    Try it. Works fine for me. Without any problems.

    This tattoomachine looks …. strange 🙂

  4. Winch Avatar
    Winch

    Hairless balls… Yummy *slurps*

  5. eek Avatar
    eek

    and what a place to test it xD

  6. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    cuntcumber – Just don’t use clippers 😉

  7. Em Avatar
    Em

    The stars amuse me.
    My fiance shaves his balls, he’s got a shaving fetish. He tried to use clippers on my outer labia… BLOODY MESS.

  8. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    That machiene looks pretty heavy. Props for him being able to tattoo well with something so top heavy.

  9. gretta Avatar

    Thats what I was thinking, lilish, it looks to clunky and unwieldy.

    and hairless balls are fab.

  10. deadpass Avatar
    deadpass

    that looks like a take on the type made in prison.

  11. Valon Avatar

    oh god shannon don’t remind me, using clippers on the sack sucks so much, you keep clipping yourself then you start to bleed everywhere. using a razor works just fine on your sack but using clippers works wonders for everywhere else. or just use Veet

  12. jOELTRON Avatar

    The machine sorta looks like a lil hand-held stereo!

    Btw, ball shaving is the best… till stubble grows and you are walking around for 1/2 the day. Long story short, keep your regrowth under control!

    Props to the heavy work too, I love the white highlights.

  13. Zarathustra Avatar
    Zarathustra

    C’mon y’all, be men and use NAIR! It’s like napalm for the balls. It’ll leave ‘em thoroughly deforested and somewhat burnt.

  14. jOELTRON Avatar

    Napalm. ahahahahah. I just had a mental image of the roasted balls fetish that was on modblog ~6m back.

    Owwies. o_O

  15. XslimerX Avatar

    :giggle: you guys said balls

  16. WhiteLotus Avatar

    nothing like having a smooooth sack =D

  17. Venomous Intellect Avatar

    That’s really great work!!! I wonder how that machine works!! I am so interested by DIY machines. I think they show real creativity.

  18. astrosnik Avatar

    Oh god, Nair burns so bad- don’t use it! I’m really curious how much this device weighs, it seems the balance would make it difficult to control the line.

  19. stoker Avatar
    stoker

    the shaving part is not so bad. the part where it starts to grow back though…

  20. HELLS_MoNkEy Avatar
    HELLS_MoNkEy

    Yeah, I’ve used Nair on me balls before…..never again……They were bright red and ore for 2 days. I couldnt move properly, or even touch them 🙁

    I wanna know how he made his machine 🙂

  21. defekter Avatar
    defekter

    As for the shaving/’deforesting’ — use an epilator. It’s like tweezing, only faster, and the pain isn’t as bas as one may expect.

    As for the blog post, he has some very pretty work on his body! Wow.

  22. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Look all you whimpy men, let me remove that hair for you, be over in a couple of seconds – one quick flick of my blow lamp all gone 🙂

    I will even send the pic up for shannon to post lol

  23. FK Avatar
    FK

    Diese Maschine ist mal eine Aquarien – Luftpumpe gewesen!

  24. tattoo95fr Avatar
    tattoo95fr

    yes , it’s an aquarium aerator , and yes , it’s heavy …
    (about 500grs) , but it’s not expensive , not noisy , it had never broken down and it is really easy to use…

  25. tattoo95fr Avatar
    tattoo95fr

    I just forgot to say that pictures of the ” how it’s made ” are on my IAM page … and it’s very easy to built !

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