Creating the components 1 find a motor youll need an electric motor or similar type rotary motor that runs on at least 12 volts 18 volts 2 create the tube the tube will guide the needle its easy to make one from a pencil or pen use a mechanical 3 design a brace the brace will . Here is what youll need 1 rc motor i got mine from a old cassette player 1 mechanical pencil 1 spoon for holding the motor like a cradle 1 high e guitar string thats the thinnest one for the people who dont play guitar 1 eraser from the pencil. Which is why when i recently found out that the homemade gallery a traveling art space in milan was hosting a workshop that promised to teach you how to build your own tattoo gun i decided . Tattoo gun step 1 planning common tattoo guns work off the use of electromagnet coils patent here since i havent had much step 2 mechanism find a small tube about the size of a pencil many materials can be used i n my case i am using some step 3 tubework in this step we will be