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very good and not too expensive. got a walker and a birdie
in my collection. they also offer a rather wide variety of
coils, saw them at german supplier "tattoo ecke".

like pirat-machines from czech republic and kwadron
needles from poland:

there's top stuff behind the former iron curtain and for
german artists from their home country, just have a
look at b.c.i.

Ok j.g.
I first thought it was some kind of rip-off. But looking at the frame and the good quality of the coils this is a good machine. I will use it tomorrow. It is better to support a small polish company anyway, as they are our european neighbors! They have great tattooers and produce good beer. So why not?

haha good beer and artists is true as well.....

but the workhouse machines arent good in my opinion... it is just a cheap machine.

i had 2 off them years ago but they get pretty hot after some hours of use.

I see a lot of respectable seller in europe selling them but i also see them a lot on the second hand sites.

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i see, some of you seem to have come across tyskie beer-
a really nice one, indeed ;o)

@ toidi:

mine are fine, but i really can't tell you whether they come
working fine out of the box, because i got them 2nd hand.
normally i check new machines after a first go and look for
spring tension and the rear coil gap especially, if they don't
run according to my likes. i prefer a really minimal rear coil
gap: a folded cigarette rolling paper should have a feelable
slight resistance, when pulling it through between a-bar and
coil head when the a-bar is pressed down to the front coil
head without running- did you check that?

could also have been the type of the coils- as they really have
a impressing wide range of different coils, there surely are
a few types among them, which are prone to run hot. i think
stuff like "12 layer power coils" sounds in my ears quite a bit dangerous from the start, so i stick to stuff from 6 to 10 and
in my own builds i prefer 6 and 8 layers wire size translated
roughly awg 22.

imho in general workhouse are nicely made frames without
any flaws, a fine split-collet-clamp-vice and all the stuff on
them like bolts and terminals is worthy and very solid. coils
are wound perfectly- can spot that through the clear shrink
i saw sharpz, bennetts, bees and other stuff alike, which
came along fabricated way more sloppy...

I tested the Workhouse Iron Walker Shader out the Box the other day and it is not a bad machine. it has 8 wrap coils and a hard backspring with a long stroke. i would not use it for fine realistic shades but for traditional 5 or 7 Mag whip shades it is a good choice as it is light and runs on 6,5 volt. It gets a little warm after a while but for back of the hand sailor jerry size trads it should be just fine.
Can anyone tell me where I can get a WorkHORSE Iron machine in Germany or the UK? Getting one from the US would cost me up to 500 or 600 Euros.