Polymer clay, the easy way.
We modify Atlas 150 & 180 pasta machines to make the scraper blades removable.
Clean off accumulated clay and stop contaminating your work.
No need to take your entire machine apart, no tools required.
Since you have landed here, someone has already told you about our modified machines.
With a “Monafied” machine, it is truly amazing how quick and easy it is to remove all traces of the black clay
you’ve just been using, to keep from streaking-up your next work!
The manufacturer of the Atlas machines, Mercato in Italy, made a scraper blade design change to the 150 & 180 machines in late 2022.
Both sizes of the new machines have black plastic scraper blades held in place with rods.
We improved these rods with our modification, by adding a knob to help grip and remove the rod, so that you can continue to easily clean your scraper blades.
We remove the fenders on both sizes/styles of pasta machines.
Please email me if you have any questions.
Atlas 180, $145 plus shipping
A limited number of Atlas Pasta Machine Slides are available for the 150 & 180.
Price - $10.00 each, plus $10 priority mail shipping - I will send you a PayPal invoice.
Or, save on shipping and order with a modified machine.
Please email me to add to your order, I will send you a PayPal invoice.
The slide hooks into the linguini attachment brackets and is easy to insert/remove.
The slide acts like a third hand to help guide pasta machine sheets as they pass between the rollers.
All machines are modified after you order.
Modifications take 2 weeks to process.
Priority Mail shipping, approx. $21 in the US, takes 2-3 days, included when you place your order.
The total international shipping prices range from
$65 to Canada, $85 to Germany, $90 to the UK, and $95 to Australia
Please email me for current international prices.
If you want us to ship internationally,
we will send you a separate PayPal invoice for the additional international shipping.
Please email me if you need to buy replacement scraper blades
for the machines we have already modified for you. email us
All modifications take 2 weeks to process.
Our Story
Mona & Rainer Kissel and the “Monafied” Atlas pasta machines
My husband Rainer invented the modification of Atlas pasta machine scraper blades more than 35 years ago, for the polymer clay world. I returned from a week long National Polymer Clay Guild retreat, and asked him to take my machine apart so I could clean the blades. His answer was to make the scraper blades removable for easy cleaning. No more need to take the entire pasta machine apart!
Our machines have been bought by clayers world-wide since those days!
In 2022, the manufacturers of these fine Italian pasta machines replaced the metal scraper blades, which keep the clay from wrapping around the rollers, with a black plastic scraper blades, held in lace with rods.
How It Works
You will be able to easily remove the rod that holds the black plastic scraper blades, wipe it clean with a paper towel, reinsert, and continue claying.
We highly recommend using only a paper towel, plus some alcohol if needed, and no tools that scratch or bend the blades.
Already Own An Atlas?
We can also modify your Marcato Atlas 150 or 180 pasta machines which have the black plastic scraper blades and metal rods, with our easy to remove scraper blade rods.
We will remove the fenders during the modification service.
Price to modify your existing machine is $50 plus Priority Mail shipping through the US Postal Service. You will receive a PayPal invoice for the total payment.
All modifications take approximately 7-14 days.
A tracking email will be sent to you when we ship your machine back to you.
Please email us to discuss the modification of your machine.
Frequently Asked Questions
We have shipped our machines internationally for many years, to every continent. Unfortunately we are at the mercy of international shipping rates. To keep the cost manageable, one option could be for you and a local friend to pool your orders.
Please email us for current international shipping prices.
We do not sell the Atlas motors, but you can find them online, at Ebay and sometimes in thrift stores.
Instructions for new black plastic scraper blade removal:
Set adjuster knob to #3 ! Place pasta machine up-side-down on your work surface.
While pressing both ends of the rod slightly against the blade, push the rod sideways with the help of the knob, until the end is free. Remove rod and blade from the machine.
Use soft paper towel to gently wipe off all clay.
To Install the rod/blade:
Put the rod in its groove in the blade with the long end of the rod sticking out over one edge of the blade.
Insert the rod all the way into a side plate hole.
Line up the other end of the blade and rod on the roller.
Slide the rod sideways with the help of the knob until it locks in the hole in the plate.
Questions?
Contact mona@monakissel.com
About Mona Kissel
Color, contrast and texture are the focus in all of my one of a kind artwork, from polymer clay jewelry, to card making, and fiber arts. Versatile and elegant jewelry designs combine vibrant color effects with tactile elements.
Polymer clay, the most versatile art medium I've ever found, combines innovative color transitions and surface embellishments in every piece.
Hand-knitted cowls are designed with contrasting and complimentary fibers to create elegant textures.
My cowls are created to be a knitted neck accessory, and can easily be combined with jewelry, or worn as a statement fiber art piece.
Art cards are designed with the same focus on combining myriad textures and colors on paper, metals and card stock.
A few of my favorite necklaces, choker/bracelets, pendants with gem stones & embedded shibuichi metal, reversible cuff bracelets, iris folding art set into polymer clay crazed mats, one of a kind hand knitted cowls, art cards, framed alcohol ink art, earth textures vases, polymer clay handles on ice cream scoops & serving tools, and studio photos are included below.
