The build began by plotting a circle with a pen onto a piece of paper. This evolved into printing a tool holder for a tattoo machine graciously provided by an amateur tattoo artist. Tests with ...

Then began a process of convincing the printer to ignore things like temperature and medium variables, before a few 2D pen sketches ... for the inclusion of a tattoo machine.

After 28 years in the business, Christofano received a patent late last year for a tattoo machine he designed. “Tattooing has been such a huge part of my life. I’ve been doing it nearly 30 ...