Atlas Pasta Machine Electric Motor Attachment

Who knew that making fresh pasta was so easy? I had been wanting to make my own pasta for years but I was always reluctant to even try thinking it's going to be a whole to do. Boy was I wrong. I found a Mario Batali recipe for egg noodles. Armed with that and this pasta maker, I set to work. It was so easy that I had perfect pasta on my absolute first try! What I didn't do correctly was store it (didn't put enough flour on the pasta and so it all stuck) but that mistake was easily remedied. Since getting this for Christmas, I think I've used it at least 20 times. It's so easy to use, so easy to clean and makes such fabulous pasta that I can't imagine ever eating the processed stuff again. I usually make the pasta with my 5 year old who loves to turn the crank for me. When he's not around though, the motor is a God-send. Makes the process that much easier. I totally and absolutely love this pasta maker. The only thing to note is that after I made a ton of fettuccine and spaghetti, I looked to see if I can find a fusili or penne attachment for this machine and there are none available. I would have loved it if that would have been possible but I guess you can't have everything. I still love this machine and highly recommend it.

Purchased in late 2016 for Polymer Clay work. Wanted to kick myself in the head for not purchasing 2 years sooner. If you do polymer clay as a hobby---BUY THIS! BUY IT NOW! Why? A manual pasta machine can cause your shoulders, hands, or backs to hurt by improper posture involved in manually turning the handles to condition your polymer clay. Using a motor not only prevents shoulder and hand pain, it makes conditioning polymer clay super easy with no pain, no handles falling off onto the floor, no cursing, no Advil at night. Sure, it's a little noisy, but I like to think it is the "sound of comfort and efficiency". Additionally, the Atlas machine is the BEST piece of equipment available for use with polymer clay. Better than Makins/Amaco/any other brand. You can use and destroy 3-4 of the less expensive units and then buy the Atlas with a motor, OR you can buy it now. You'll spend $20-$60 on clay or supplies without even thinking. Do yourself a gigantic favor and pay $160 for this set and buy supplies later. When I finally purchased mine in October 2016, there was a problem with the electrical connection received with the unit. The Amazon seller was absolutely wonderful and IMMEDIATELY fixed the problem with a new part. It was just about the best customer service I've ever encountered. I look forward to seeing future comments on this post from grateful polymer clay hobbyists! Happy Claying!

This is a great pasta machine. Go the extra mile and get the motor attachment. It is powerful, designed very well and easy to use. I had originally purchased another brand machine. That machine failed within 10 minutes of the first use. The problem was the plastic, probably Delrin, under the rollers that fed/guided the dough to the cutter. I packed it up and sent it back. The Marcato Atlas does not have the design flaw and works perfectly. I would definitely recommend the Marcato Atlas machine.

I have an old Atlas 150 that bought about 30 years ago, and it is still working fine. I bought this one because I wanted one with the motor, and my old one does not have the mounting holes for the motor. Since I have the old one, I can do a direct comparison with this one, and as far as I can tell the quality is still the same. There are some minor differences, for example the fingers that scrape the pasta off the cutters and rollers on the bottom are metal on the old Atlas, and this one has plastic fingers. The fingers on the new one are removable for easier cleaning. They are not removable on the old one. So that is a tossup whether this is better or not. It depends on how long the plastic fingers last. My old atlas has thickness settings from 1 to 7. The new one has settings from 0 to 9. So I had to recalculate what thickness to use. I used to roll pasta out to 4 before putting it through the cutters. On the new machine I roll it out to 5. That seems to work. Other than those items, the two machines are so close that the parts are interchangeable, e.g. the crank, the cutters, the clamp... they are all the same. The electric motor is in a plastic housing. I don't know yet how rugged it will be. Some reviewers said that the motor burns out quickly. But I suspect maybe it has been over stressed. The motor does not have the same power that I do when using the crank, and it labors when I use the rollers like I used to. For example, with my old press I would knead the dough by rolling it into a rope and feeding it through the rollers at the thickest setting. Then, I would fold the pasta back over on itself and feed it through again. I did that until the pasta was silky smooth. When I tried to do that with the new machine, the electric motor was really laboring hard. So I had to revise my technique. On the new machine, I roll the pasta somewhat flat with a rolling pin before putting it through at the thickest setting, zero. Then, I change the setting to 1 and put the pasta through again, then I change it to 2 and roll it again. After rolling the pasta through setting 2, I fold it over on itself and start over at setting zero. It takes a bit longer, but doing it that way does not tax the motor so much. There is one issue with the power chord that bears mentioning. The plug that goes into the wall socket is a polrized two-prong plug. You can only put it into the outlet one direction. That is supposed to guarantee that the hot wire and the neutral wire are connected properly inside the motor. The socket on the motor housing is keyed with one hole round and the other hole square to ensure that the plug on that end of the wire can only go in one way. Unfortunately, the connector on the wire has two round sides, and it will go into the socket either way. So there is no way to tell whether you have put the cord on correctly or not. The motor will run fine this way because the current is Alternating. But it could be a safety issue if there is a short to the case, and the lines are reversed. This is not a huge issue because the case is plastic, but be careful anyway. Don't get it wet. It looks like a high quality machine, and time will tell how long the motor lasts. I took off one star for the power chord issue.

This is an amazing machine! Very happy that we purchased an Italian made machine, BUT you will have to purchase an outlet adapter separately if using in the US as it has a European style power cord.

the machine worked good in starting. after 10 ten use the spindles which move through a gear probably are not rotating now. waste of money. need immediate replacement of the part.

モーター便利。これにつきます。 製麺、面白い。できた麺も美味しい。 替刃沼にはまりそうです。

Super achine très bonne qualité

La machine est robuste, suffisamment lourde pour rester bien stable sur table sans fixation comme en pleine utilisation. Son montage est simple et la fixation du moteur électrique se fait en un clic et ne bouge pas. Le réglage de l’épaisseur se fait en tirant sur le côté. La qualité est là

Tener las dos manos libres para trabajar con la masa resulta bastante eficiente. Se tarda muchisimo menos tiempo en lograr el resultado deseado sin tener que estar dandole vueltas a la manivela. La limpieza de la maquina no es muy complicada. La primera vez me costó mucho extraer las piezas de plástico para limpiarlas. Los elementos que las sujetan estaban muy fuertes. Pero fue nada más la primera vez, las siguientes veces salían con facilidad. El motor a veces cuesta un poco meterlo, pero es cuestión se sacarlo y volverlo a poner, al final acaba entrando. Algo ruidoso, eso si que tengo que decirlo, pero merece la pena. Es compatible con muchos accesorios, seguramente acabe comprando el de raviolis.