switching my coils for rotaries

ive been using coils for 3 yrs now, and just bought a new rotary to try out, i need to switch over. so i worked on my fiance' on a piece we already started. and it just healed and looks lighter then the coil work. i must have been going too light but i was scared because i read with rotaries you can cut the skin up easier. i also read you had to use very low volts, ( you cant really go by sound anymore with these) so i turned it way down but it didnt feel right , so i turned it up a bit to what i felt might be right. but it must not have been correct as it still healed light. is there anyone here using rotaries that made the switch that can offer me some guidance? no one i work with uses rotaries

Hey- I use both a rotary and a tradtional coil and I am comfortable using both-but what I have found is with the rotary using it slower it makes fantastic lines-yet when I used to to color ----mmmm not so great. I ended up switching back to my coil machine for shading and it worked great, but I find with the rotary coloring can be a tad more challenging. I have used my rotary to lay color in and it does it but just not as fast as I like-and using it you have almost no weight to the machine so that too is a challenge when your used to working with coils. Personally I like them both for different techniques, but that is a matter of just preference. Is there a reason why you switched?

hey there, thanks for replying to be honest i am switching because of the no weight and less vibration to give my hands a break. the morning after a long day my hands feel like they took a beating and i was hoping to make the switch and like rotaries and be able to use them as well as my coils. its funny i thought they would be worse for lining then coloring? when i say it healed light, i dont mean patchy, it was nice and smooth, just lighter then the rest, and i used the same wash as the coils so i know it wasnt the ink. the rotary i picked up was the stealth, i wasnt going to get fancy unless i liked it, and im really hoping to like it, but i dont even know what volts to go by. it feels like it hits the same no no matter what its weird, the model i picked was the shader not color or liner so i cant say how it would pack color or line, as its mostly for B&G.

I chose the rotary for the exact same reason....lighter for my hands and less vibration. Its funny because my clients like the rotary better as well as they say it hurts less (LOL!) I think it is the quietness that throws them off and sets them at ease... Anyways- I have a stealth as well, and I find that the color has to be really worked in, more so than my other machine and I have been able to get it in but I understand what you mean when you say lighter in appearance. It took some adjusting but I run it higher when shading and it seemed to fix the problem for me-it is a lot of trial and error with these- as you said most people don't work with them. I know it doesn't help much-but it is a common challenge with these types of machines (at least from my experience) I really love them though and my clients seem to apprieciate them as well...who knows maybe a Neuma is in my future! Let me know how your progress goes-I just did a large b&w piece and started with the coil but ended up switching to ol' reliable and it worked great. Love my rotary---but respect my coil...LOL!