Marcato Pasta Machine, Pasta Maker, Pasta Roller for Handmade Fresh Pasta, Made in Italy, Chromed Steel, for Lasagna, Fettuccine, Tagliolini, Compatible with 12 Extra Pasta Shapes. Model: Atlas 150

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If you like the way the machine works, but want to have removable blades, I recommend sending the machine to Mona Kissel for modification. The aluminum rollers are better for polymer clay because they don’t make black streaks on the clay like the steel rollers of earlier models. With the Pastadrive motor there is no need to clamp the pasta machine to the worktop and therefore can be used on any flat surface. The Atlas 150 comes with built-in attachments in three versatile shapes: smooth lasagna, wide fettuccine and thin tagliolini.

The pragmatic design features a clasp that attaches to the side of your countertop or table, so you can use the manual hand crank comfortably, as well as an adjustment knob that lets you set the thickness of your pasta from 0 to 9. Once you’ve achieved a nice oblong shape (5 or 6 runs through at grade 0), you can start to turn the knob at every run through – stretching and thinning the pasta until it’s reached the thickness you need.

When it comes to slicing pasta sheets into individual noodles, the Atlas 150 comes with a two-in-one cutter. The modification involves replacing the blades with an all-metal blade that can be removed quickly and easily by removing just a single thumb-nut per blade. Otello Marcato wanted to share his passion for pasta and make it easier for home cooks to create home-made pasta so, in 1930, he designed, created and sold one of the very first home pasta rollers – made in the shed behind his house in Padua.

To save money, you're sacrificing quality: It's just not as smooth and stable in operation, and its cutters don't work quite as well. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a beginner in the kitchen, our collection has everything you need to create delicious and authentic pasta dishes. Yes, polymer clay can collect there and find its way back out to be deposited onto sheets of another color (usually white…sigh).To streamline and speed up your work, the machine is equipped with a bayonet fitting so that the Pastadrive motor can be quickly attached to it. A common issue we encountered in testing other makers was that any jostle would cause the crank to fall out and interrupt the process—this did not happen with the Atlas.