MARCATO Made in Italy Atlas 150 Classic Manual Pasta Maker Machine, Chrome Steel. Makes Lasagna, Fettuccine & Tagliolini .

Excellent machine. I read many of the reviews (so helpful, thank you) before purchasing this. It's a beautiful gadget, very solid. I used Biba Caggiano's recipe (Trattoria) of 2 eggs and 1 1/4 C of flour and it's come out perfectly every time (have now made it about 8x). I mixed the dough by hand once (making a well with the flour, etc.) and all the other times I've used the Cuisineart to mix it quickly. No noticeable difference, a lot less mess with the Cuisineart. Also, based on recommendations in the reviews, I watched a few videos on You Tube before I tried it the first time. There is not much variation out there (from Mario Batali to Marcella Hazan) so I've stuck with Caggiano's ratio of flour to egg since it works so well. A few reviews said you need help, but I find (while help is more fun) that as long as the machine is clamped to the counter, I can easily do it myself. I wanted fresh pasta for canneloni and lasagne noodles (I prefer dried pasta for everything else) and these come out beautifully and delicious. I did make some fettucini since it comes with that attachment and it was also good. I recommend going through the process to #7 and then running it through 2x on #7 rather than going to #8 which is a bit too thin for fettucine. 8 is great for lasagne sheets. I paid attention to everyone who said DON'T wash with water and I find that if you wipe the machine (while cranking the handle) well with a damp cloth or paper towel, it comes quite clean. I also run a paper towel through it once I've done the wiping down part. I'm comfortable that it's clean. When the fresh pasta craze hit in the 90's (?) I thought eveyrone was nuts. Dried pasta is so good (Di Cecci being my favorite) and why would anyone want to go to this much trouble to make fresh pasta, which to me always seems foamy in restaurants. I only got this machine because I was giving a young friend (13) a cooking lesson, and I thought we'd go all the way by making our own noodles. What fun! There's something really satisfying about doing this and I found myself coming up with excuses to make a batch of pasta and mostly giving it away (I still prefer dried for strands or shapes, but you can't beat fresh lasagne sheets). The "fresh" lasagne sheets you can buy at the market is still foamy to me, but what you'll make at home with this machine tastes exactly right. Have fun!

I love my Marcato! This is a solid piece of equipment that works smoothly and efficiently. I make fettucine, tagliolini and capellini as well as sheets for lasagna with the attachments. I have learned to make ravioli, agnolotti, cavatelli and pappardelle. All easy and delicious.I learned how to freeze what we don’t use which means we often have pasta on hand for a quick cook. Meryl Feinstein’s book and Helen Rennie’s Utube channel have been extremely helpful and fun.

Paid for itself in three batches of ramen. I've had it about two years now and use it several times a month for both Italian-style and Asian-style (mostly Japanese and Chinese) noodles. Great product. Best $100 I'll ever spend.

I received my new pasta machine yesterday and tonight I made my first ever homemade pasta. Out of the box the unit seems rugged and heavy. It comes with the handle and a cutter for fettuccine and spaghetti. I started by checking for some you tube videos using the machine, then set about making my first batch. Everything I read said the consistency of the dough and its "dryness" are the key to making good pasta. The dough should stick together, but not stick to anything else is the crux of what I read. I started using my small food processor with the hookie thing in the bottom. I added about a cup and a half of all-purpose flour. Then I beat three jumbo eggs with a teaspoon of olive oil. I added half the egg mix to the flour and pulsed until mixed. The dough looked too powdery so I added some more egg mix. The second test the dough formed a nice ball and didn't stick, but brilliant me decided to add a little more egg mix. Now the dough was very sticky, oops too wet. So I had to add some more flour to get back to where I was. My take home point from this is stop early, its much easier to add egg then to add flour. I balled up the dough in saran wrap and let it sit for a bit. I decided to use the pasta roller for the kneading. I attached it to the edge of my counter top using the supplied clamp. It helped to open the drawer underneath to get more room on the lip for the clamp to grab. I set the machine at 0, the widest width. I formed the dough into a thick slab and fed it into the machine. Now I had some big doubts. The dough came out stringy and tore in several places. But after several passes through the machine it finally looked like pasta dough. I then started dialing down the thickness one step at a time until I got to 6 on the dial. I was able to easily feed the dough through while also turning the crank. The dough was now in a long sheet that I cut into convenient lengths and then fed through the fettuccine blades and voila perfect fettuccine! I hung the noodles on the drying rack, but to be honest I don't think I really needed the rack, I could have just dumped the noodles in the boiling water. The machine remained firmly in place throughout my cranking and remained spotlessly clean afterwards, requiring just a quick wipe down with a kitchen towel.

This pasta maker is seriously well-made. The chrome steel feels solid and durable, and the whole machine has a timeless, classic feel to it. It was easy to set up and even easier to start using — I was rolling out pasta dough within minutes!So far, I’ve used it for lasagna sheets and fettuccine, and the results have been excellent. The rollers are smooth, the crank turns easily, and the thickness settings are intuitive. Cleanup is also simple if you follow the dry-cleaning method (no water!).That said, I do wish it came with a few more accessories right out of the box — maybe a ravioli attachment or a spaghetti cutter. You can buy those separately, but it would’ve been nice to have a bit more variety included, especially at this price point.Overall, I’m really happy with the performance and craftsmanship. If you're serious about homemade pasta and okay with adding attachments over time, this is a great machine to start with.