I had the privilege of traveling to Italy last month and was amazed by how good the gluten free handmade pasta was there. I vowed to learn to make it at home, and promptly ordered this pasta maker. The first free afternoon I had to test it out, I made pasta dough with Antimo Caputo Gluten Free Pizza Flour, eggs, a dash of salt and a little water, using the dough hook on my food processor. It took just a few minutes for me to assemble the pasta maker; I chose the die for bucatini. After letting the dough rest for the appropriate time it was time for the moment of truth, starting up my mixer and watching those first pieces come out. I was absolutely blown away by the results! I made a large batch in case I had trouble at first, but there was no "first pancake" to throw away. I ended up with a ton of delicious fresh pasta. It took a few minutes for me to figure out the "cutter"; I assumed that I'd need a knife to slice off the pasta as it came out, but that little feature was the cherry on top - it sliced the pasta so neatly that the "little mouths" didn't get pinched closed. I'm so glad I bought this, and will probably give it as a gift - it's that good. I would recommend getting a pasta dryer to hang your long noodles on as you make them; it helps to keep the pasta from getting squashed and stuck together. 100% recommend, and no, there was no incentive from the manufacturer to write this - I just wanted to share.