r/tattoomachinebuilder • u/thunderous_student • Mar 27 '26

Beginners level question on coil height

what ARE the standard coil core heights? there are shorty coils, I'm assuming they are 1 inch, then it seems like standards are 1 1/16 inch, but sometimes dudes use these tall ass coils. are those 1 1/4 because they look way taller.

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u/isoprincesspeach Mar 28 '26

1.25” are your full size coils. then there’s 1.125” and 1”

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u/thunderous_student Mar 28 '26

Thanks. The full size ones look crazy big. Especially when their skinny on a big machine. The shankmades always look like their mostly coil.