Atlas 150 Pasta Machine Unboxing (Polymer Clay Review)

Video #520: From the Wellness series with patented rollers "GUARANTEED" not to leave any metal residue (aka black streaks). More Info: http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?... Polymer Clay Tutor.

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Unboxing new Atlas 150 Wellness Series Pasta Machine Gold (direct link to this product on Amazon is orvided over at my blog... http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?....

I needed a new pasta machine (mine was falling apart and leaving too many black streaks on my clay).

This machine has anodized aluminum rollers which are supposed to eliminate metal residue on pasta (guaranteed they say)... hopefully it works to elliminate those metallic black streaks on polymer clay too. You can be sure I'll be keeping you in the loop on this one since those black streaks are such a pain.

First impressions... beautiful, sturdy, high quality feel out of the box.

Comes with a strong C-clamp that has a metal thumb screw. This is a big improvement over the very breakable, plastic design on lower quality pasta machines.

The crank handle is made of what feels like a strong metal. I mentioned in the video that the handle insert slot appeared to be a title loose... and that it may need tightening with my Pasta Machine Rubber Glove Trick (see resource link further down on this page)... but based on further useage, I found that the handle did stay put and works just fine as is. Yay!

There is a clamp hole on both sides of the machine. Nice!

The handle and gears move smooth like butter. Trust me, you can feel a huge difference between this this Atlas Machine and the less expensive Sculpey or Amaco Clay Machines.

The thickness settings on this machine range from 1 at the thickest, to 9 for the thinnest.

Although I did not show this in the video, here are the Playing Card Thickness measurements which correspond to the settings on this Atlas 150 Wellness Pasta Machine. 1 = 8 playing cards; 2 = 6 cards; 3 = 4 cards; 4 = 3 cards; 5 = 2 cards; 6 = 1.5 cards; 7 = 1 card; 8 = 0.75 cards; and 9 = 0.25 cards (very thin).

Clay runs through all the settings beautifully. Even sticky clay went to an extremely thin sheet.

I'm in love! Sorry Dougie!

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