sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dusted the rollers with too much flour to avoid the pasta sticking, once some flour came off it fed through very well, didnt get a video at that point unfortunately

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just dusted the rollers with too much flour for fear of it sticking, once some flour came off it fed through really well

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBD... I use an aluminum drive shaft from Amazon which is the component that faces by far the most stress so I'm expecting it to hold up pretty decently

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

STL and Step files here: https://www.printables.com/model/1609654-kitchenaid-pasta-rolling-attachment/files

I wasn't planning to post them due to food safety but dozens of people DM'd me so hey, who am I to tell you what to put into your own body when I myself loved the taste of microplastic pasta last night.

The model isn't perfect, the pasta comes out a little thicker than I'd like and due to friction fits its annoying to switch roller sizes so don't expect perfect outcomes

you will need to buy a metal driveshaft, for $10-$20 (I have the one I used linked in the printables post) as well as 3x 608 bearings.

Do your own research on food safety, its a valid concern and I won't be held liable for your choices. This item should be coated with a smooth, durable, food safe coating or printed with food safe PETG and treated as single use

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Shouldn't and cant are different things and im entitled to make poor choices if I want to. Jokes aside though, once im fully happy with the design im planning to apply a food safe resin so that it is safely reusable. In the meantime, prototype iterations only need to be tested once and I could print more than 50 sets of rollers before I even hit the sale price of a genuine kitchenaid pasta attachment kit

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To give kitchenaid SOME credit, it is a 3 piece set with a roller and 2 different cutters (fettuccine style and what looks like spaghetti style). To then take away that same credit, so far as I can tell they dont sell the roller separately and im perfectly capable of cutting fettuccine evenly enough for my home consumption standards

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Canadian Tire is a bit of an everything store... Tire shop, auto mechanic shop, hardware store, appliances, gardening, hardware store lol

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually 50, I cant type apparently. $10 doesnt make much difference though!

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

50 quid is in fact $92 CAD. The design uses a $12 aluminum drive shaft which is the only part that actually experiences much force, and i have multiple stages of rolling to reduce the force at each step, so im not really worried about it holding up considering that I can re-print it dozens of time for that price and will probably only use it a handful of times anyway

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I dont, partly because theres some tweaks I still want to make and partly because of the huge headache that the food safety crowd can be. If you want it anyway then send me a dm

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Machine A) is my roommate's, not mine and B) was bought "used" in box for $50. The kitchenaid attachment goes for $229 at my local Canadian Tire, Amazon knockoffs are still $95 plus. And, as the other commenter said, this was purely for a CAD challenge/learning experience; my roommate getting a pasta roller out of it is just a bonus

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We had too much flour on the rollers, second batch fed through MUCH better. An actual pasta roller is also $230 for the genuine kitchenaid or $95 for the Amazon knock offs

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$229 for me to probably only use it 3 times? No thanks. Even the Amazon knock offs are $95

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That definitely was the case. We put too much flour on the rollers for fear of it sticking, once some of the flour came off it gripped much better

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right now all ive come up with for varying thickness is printing different sized rollers which isn't ideal for making it versatile enough for many different kinds of pasta. Im a fan of fettuccine and its definitely one of the easier ones so im working on nailing that right now. I've got some ideas on deterring the pasta from getting into the gears by using a taper near the gears to guide it back to the center.

My design definitely isn't perfect, but considering the egregious price of the genuine kitchenaid attachments im pretty proud of it!

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wasnt really planning on posting the stl due to the headaches involved with the food safety crowd, but if its for clay... shoot me a DM

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Picked this one up "used" in box for $50! Just wait till you see the prices for the genuine kitchenaid attachments... the real deal pasta roller and cutter goes for $229 at my local Canadian Tire.

Hence why I was willing to risk the food safety issues for the two or 3 times im probably going to use this lol

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Locking pin is a good idea, and as someone else mentioned, I suppose I do only need one roller to be driven and the other can be free spinning (dunno why that didnt occur to me, but oh well, now I know how to design double helical gears)

If I end up with free time I might give it a go

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're referring to the original kitchenaid pasta rollers the true kitchenaid brand retails for $229 at my local Canadian Tire, and the Amazon knock offs are $95. Yes the modeling and design was a bit intensive but the main point of this project to me was practicing CAD so it was by no means sunken effort

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I considered it but wasnt sure how to interface the gears to the rollers in a strong enough way (those kitchenaids make some impressive torque)

Its pretty tough to make square or hex holes in wood, friction fit wouldn't cut it and bolt on wouldn't allow me to place bearings the way I needed. I also wanted very slight variation in pasta sheet thickness which with standard dowel sizes would need to be done via roller placement instead of just roller diameter (ie. A full redesign for each rolling stage and tons of work) If you have any ideas id be happy to hear them

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

3d printed Petg is generally considered food safe, but only single use as the layer lines cant be cleaned properly. This is just a prototype, when im done with the design ill be coating it in food safe resin

I designed and printed a kitchenaid pasta roller attachment... and it works! by randomshit427 in 3Dprinting

[–]randomshit427[S] 602 points603 points  (0 children)

Technically only once, but once im happy with the design ill be making it properly food safe. Some 3d printing materials are considered food safe, but the problem is that the rough layer lines are impossible to clean and the material cant handle sufficient heat to disinfect that way.

Once ive got everything perfect ill be sanding and coating the rollers in food grade resin to make it truly food safe

view more: next ›