<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi to all. I have used the pasta express machine to make pasta, with Bette hagmans recipe (which came from a member of our support group -toni richardson) and it does a great job. However, try to use the larger pasta dyes, like for penne or that type of noodle. (I dont remember what the name of the shape was). If you try making too much of the regular spaghetti noodle, its seems the machine has to work too hard to express it, and it gets too hot. Makes great pasta tho, and I am not a pasta lover. mary in MI