Recent content by kittonian

Again, I already have the KitchenAid pasta attachment and all the dies that come with it, including fusilli. While pictures on the Internet show an almost identical shape between rotini and fusilli, there are actually many different dies for each that shape the pasta with more or less...

That is who I already spoke with and who told me that they know of no one who makes dies for the KitchenAid because it's a proprietary design.

I have looked everywhere, and also asked a custom die manufacturer that makes dies for the large industrial machines. If you know of a place that I can purchase 3rd party dies for the KitchenAid pasta attachment I would love to know about it, because that's exactly what I've been looking for.

As I mentioned in my original post, we already own the KitchenAid pasta attachment and that's the exact type of product we are looking for, but with the option to purchase additional dies. KitchenAid does not offer additional dies, and is a proprietary product where no 3rd party makes them either.

Are you talking about the disc on Etsy for the Phillips extruder? If so, the problem is that the Phillips products requires the dough to be made in the machine.

Thanks for the welcome. I don't care about the expense of purchasing the right machine, but I'm not willing to spend $2k on a commercial pasta extruder just to make a different shape. You cannot just put dough into an extruder that is designed to make the dough as part of the process. That's...

My wife and I make pasta at least once a week, and right now we have both a Marcato Atlas, and the KitchenAid mixer pasta attachment. She prefers to make the dough by hand and then extrude or sheet using one of the machines. She also prefers that when making shapes, to have a motorized solution...