Imperia IPasta Classic Line. Pasta Machine 100% Made in Italy. Fresh pasta machine in steel. Manual roller with crank. Creates dough sheets for Lasagne, Tagliolini, Fettuccine. (End of line)

Beautiful machine! Works like a dream. Heavy duty. This machine is not a flimsy light weight thing. This feels like quality - something hard to find these days. I "cleaned" the rollers of any left over factory debris by making a throw away dough and rolling it many times through each roller. A couple tiny dark marks came out and then it all ran clean. After that I made sheets for ravioli. It was a dream and so fun. Now, I do have modern countertops with an extra thick countertop. So the clamp, being made for average sized tops didn't fit. So, I clamped it to the edge of a thik wood cutting board and this worked well. I can see myself using this machine often. It was too fun.

After reading several reviews on slightly cheaper models and considering the advice given in Marcella Hazan's "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking", I chose this model. It sat under the cabinet for 3 weeks after I bought it because life's demands didn't afford any time to play with my new toy. I finally scored a Saturday with nothing else to do and pulled it out of the cabinet. Here are a few observations:1. This model is a product of Italy and the instructions (which are written in several languages) are written in poor English. Since the product is a simple design, I found that I didn't really need the instructions to figure out how to assemble the double cutter attachment. Thankfully, attaching the double cutter is the only assembly required.2. The pasta machine came with a recipe for pasta dough. The recipe was also written in several languages but the English instructions were a bit clearer than the assembly instructions. I didn't use the recipe provided by the machine's manufacturer though. I used the instructions provided in Marcella's book mentioned above.3. This machine is heavy and unbalanced when the double cutter is attached. It comes with a clamp to clamp it to your counter top or table if you choose to use the hand crank provided to operate the machine. I bought the "Villaware V180 Pasta Machine Motorizer" along with the pasta machine. Using the motor with the pasta machine not only eliminates the need to use the hand crank, it eliminates the need to clamp the pasta machine. Not having to use the clamp means that you can position the machine anywhere you wish on your work surface, not just on the edge. I found it was more comfortable to place the machine about midway to the wall on my counter top. Using the motor also frees up both hands for manipulating the pasta dough as it is being processed. I honestly don't think I could have used the thinnest settings with just one hand to manipulate the pasta dough. The dough becomes quite fragile when it thins and tends to want to stretch and presumably, break at the thinner settings. By using two hands to manipulate the dough, I found it easy to process the dough through the machine even at the thinnest settings.4. One of Marcella's suggestions was to buy a machine with a double cutter because you will be able to make wide fettuccine style noodles and narrow round spaghettini style noodles. I made both using the fettuccine style noodles to make fettuccine in butter and cream sauce (Alfredo) and short spaghettini style noodles to make chicken noodle soup. Both cutters worked flawlessly.5. The machine/motor's over all performance was also flawless. The motor switch has two speed settings and I used the slow setting throughout. The pasta machine and motor combination worked the dough easily through all the width settings. The motor also has a separate ravioli button that I have not tried yet. I ended up processing three batches of dough. The first was used to clean the pasta machine of metal bits and thrown away as was instructed in the manual.Conclusion:This is a well made pasta machine. It's parts are well designed and made of stainless steel. Maintenance is a breeze. Just wipe it down when finished using it. This is a great little pasta machine. In short, it does what it is supposed to do - and - it does it with ease. It makes pasta.

I have used this pasta machine several times and I am thrilled with the product it produces. This is easy to assemble, use and then clean. The booklet comes with recipes for pasta that call for flour other than AP, but since that is all I had, that is what I used. The finished product was delicious!Couple of hints: Let your dough sit for a while before you separate it into 'pucks'. Roll the dough through the machine two times on each setting until you get the right thickness. You want it not to thick but not too thin either.After you cut the long pieces of dough in the cutters (linguine or spaghetti), lay them out on a flat surface (I used clean tea towels generously floured) and let the paste dry. I stored my dried pasta in two layers of foil. Or it can be eaten right away. This product is so good, you don't even need sauce - just a pat of two of butter, salt, pepper and garlic.To clean the machine rollers, use a new soft spotlessly clean paintbrush and mark it for the paste machine so no one else uses it for anything else. Gently swipe the brush over the rollers and the outside of the machine to wipe away all the flour. If you notice your dough gets stuck in the cutters, you need to add more flour to the dough before you send it through again. If wet dough gets stuck in the rollers and you can't clean with the brush, let the dough harden, then brush it out. DO NOT put the rollers in water.The pasta that this machine makes is heavenly!