Update: I have been using this periodically for over 9 years and it still works. I did have some issue with the handle falling out on occasion over the years, so the plastic has cracked from the drops, but it is still great for what I bought it for.LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! I could not do my clay designs without this machine. I had to run a piece of raw clay through it to get the gray oil streaks worked out of the rollers. However, the good news is... you can keep running the clay through a handful or more times to "blend" in those streaks (so, no clay lost)!I use this machine to do solid color blends and it is essential for doing skinner blends with polymer clay. The handle fits snuggly and cranks smoothly, offering great performance. I've been using it for about a month now. The clamp was a little awkward to place into the hole because it is bigger than the bar, but it holds very sturdily. The price was more reasonable than some of the other brands.One Note: After running clay through, some very small smudges may remain in the machine and get blended into other colors later. It's a very minuscule amount, so you can either scratch it off of your new clay or just keep blending it in. It's the nature of the clay, not the machine necessarily.