MARCATO 8342 Atlas Pasta Dough Roller, Made in Italy, Includes 180-Millimeter Pasta Roller with Hand Crank and Instructions, Silver

This pasta dough roller is a fantastic kitchen tool that combines quality craftsmanship with durability. Its sturdy construction ensures it can handle homemade pasta and even Portuguese baked goods. Not only is it well made and reliable, but it also impresses with its ease of cleaning, making it a must-have for anyone who enjoys the art of pasta making and laminating dough. It's a versatile addition to my kitchen, as it effortlessly transforms my pasta dough into perfect sheets for various recipes. Whether I'm preparing traditional pasta dishes or experimenting with laminated dough for pastries, this machine consistently delivers excellent results, making it a valuable asset for any culinary enthusiast.

I ordered this to work polymer clay not for pasta.bitvworks great.

Great for polymer clay

Okay, pasta lovers and homemade pastry enthusiasts, let's chat about the MARCATO 8342 Atlas Pasta Dough Roller. This isn't just any kitchen gadget; it's the sturdy, dependable workhorse of my culinary arsenal. I grabbed this beauty with visions of perfect pasta in mind, but let me tell you, it's turned into so much more.First off, this machine hails from Italy - the land of pasta mastery. So, you know they mean business. With a 180-millimeter pasta roller included, it's been my go-to for cranking out larger sheets of pasta dough. Think ravioli, tortellini, and any stuffed pasta your heart desires. The thickness consistency? Chef's kiss.But here's where it gets even better - I've been using this roller as a sheeter for meat pies and stuffed buns. Yes, you heard that right. This pasta roller has crossed culinary boundaries in my kitchen, making it an MVP for more than just Italian nights.The MARCATO Atlas isn't just a pasta roller; it's a multi-purpose tool that's elevated my cooking game. Whether I'm in the mood for stuffed pasta or gearing up for a batch of savory pies, this roller has my back. It's solid, reliable, and honestly, a bit of a kitchen show-off.So, if you're on the fence about adding a pasta roller to your collection, let the MARCATO 8342 be your sign. It's not just for pasta; it's for unleashing your culinary creativity, one perfectly rolled sheet of dough at a time.

I've been using an inexpensive clay conditioning machine up until now. While this is almost three times the price of my previous two machines, it is worth every penny. It is nicely made out of heavier metal than the others. The rollers move smoothly. The handle stays in place when cranking. The machine screws onto a table with no slippage. It cleans up easily. It handles polymer clay(I use Primo!) with little effort. The numbers for the thickness between rollers seems easily set. I have used it intensively since it arrived and it is still working just fine. While I did not buy a motor I noticed that it is available and might be worth purchasing so that my hands are free while conditioning clay and making patterns once conditioning is completed. I am hopeful that, if not abused, this machine will last a good while. All in all a great purchase! Added comment: It is now summer of 2018 and this little fella is still as good as the day I bought it. Unfortunately I am wearing out a little more every year so I added a motor rather than struggle with turning a handle. It, too, is holding up well. Always great to find something that last a long, long time, even with very heavy use!

This is a hard review to make because I enjoy using this and making pasta since I bought it, but it was all the work I had to do to make it work that disappoints me and makes me give it a 1 star. All the work that I feel was unnecessary.I bought this because I’ve wanted to make homemade pasta again ever since I first made it back in middle school. It tasted so much better than anything from the store and it was something I was proud of. I bought this to make pasta from scratch again. I bought the atlas 150 and an electric motor to go with it, because I feel like trying to hand crank it while feeding the dough in would be complicated. Need to feed the dough in, catch and pull it as it’s coming out, while at the same time hand cranking it. Is it doable? Yes. But felt like it would be too much aggravation, so I bought the electric motor too. I looked at the prices of the bundles and the stand alone items Marcato offers and seen it was cheaper to buy everything separately. I did my research, made sure everything would work with what I was buying. Thought I had it all down, but obviously not. That’s on me, but at the same time Marcato’s description and photos of the products aren’t very good in my opinion. Anyway, here’s why.So for the atlas 150 pasta roller itself, the hand crank fits, the electric motor doesn’t. It has the cut outs for the electric motor, but the shaft of the motor is too big to fit in the pasta roller. But the attachments that came with the 150… the motor fits in those. So the attachments it came with, the motor fits, the roller itself, it does not fit… why? It fits the other stuff it came bundled with but not the roller itself? I went back to the electric motor description, seen it fits various models of the atlas 150. Did I buy the wrong one? It’s subjective, but I don’t think I did. I went back to the bundle page, read the description, it does not list the model of atlas 150 it is. So what model am I getting? How am I supposed to know the electric motor will or won’t fit? This wasn’t something I thought I had to worry about. The motor says it’s for the atlas 150 in the title, the atlas 150 page itself doesn’t even list a model number, just says it’s an atlas 150.Whatever… I ordered a stand alone pasta roller atlas 150 to hopefully get lucky and maybe it’ll be the model I need. I could have returned the other, but in the end I feel like it was my mistake for not being thorough enough in my research. So I ordered another hoping it’s the right one, in the meantime I did some extra work to make the motor fit. I drilled out a bigger hole with a drill bit roughly the same diameter as the shaft on the motor. It works now, but I feel like I shouldn’t have had to do extra work to make something I feel like should have worked in the beginning. The hand crank did fit btw, but again I wanted more free hands to work with the dough as I’m rolling it, so I felt the motor would be better to just make it work.The other atlas 150 came in, I was unlucky again. Same problem as the first one.So now that my motor fits on the roller, let’s make some pasta. I made spaghetti for a few nights. My ravioli attachment just came in today. I go to use some leftover dough to make some ravioli, let’s fit the motor into the… are you kidding me? The ravioli attachment does not have holes to lock the motor in place. The shaft fits, but it won’t lock into place. Tf? Aright fine whatever, I wanted to use the hand crank for this anyway so I have more control. I’ll just use the hand crank and…. Wtf, the hand crank won’t work either, the shaft is too long so the fins won’t go into the attachment to spin the ravioli rollers… FINE. I guess I’ll just hold the motor in place cause dammit I want ravioli.So I make the ravioli, the attachment does a good job. But now I have some more work for myself cause I need to drill some holes into that thing now for the motor to attach properly. I go to the ravioli attachment page, there aren’t any pics showing the side where the crank is supposed to go, so it doesn’t show the lack of holes for the motor. That really my fault? I don’t think so. Feels deceptive to me personally.Am I able to make pasta? Yes. Am I able to use the electric motor I bought for this purpose? Yes, kind of, and no. Yeah, the motor attaches to the spaghetti attachment with no issue, it didn’t work with the atlas 150 at first without me having to drill out the hole bigger. Neither of my items work with the ravioli attachment out of the box. No holes for motor, and shaft for hand crank too long. So to make my items work, I have to drill out holes, drill out more holes on the ravioli attachment, and cut some of the shaft handle off to shorten it so the fins will go inside the machine and turn it properly. I should not have to modify these things this much. These should work right out of the box, the atlas 150 should have exactly which model it is somewhere on the product page, it doesn’t. For all this extra work, I have to give it a 1 star. I’m using the machine, yea, but only because I modified it to actually work. Disappointing

If you expect to use this to make a large pizza crust, you'll be disappointed. We ordered it for making flour taco shells, which it's perfect for.

This item works beautifully.