Very clever! Makes me wonder why I didn't think to just yank the fenders off with pliers! Good job Samantha!

MIND BLOWN! Just watched the video, and DID IT in less than 5 minutes! I've avoided taking the guards off because I thought I'd have to take the whole thing apart to do it. Nope! Easy Peasy!! Thanks for sharing!

Well, that took less than 5 minutes and it is so satisfying to now have a thoroughly clean pasta machine! Thank you, Samantha. I'd have never had the notion that those fenders could be removed.

You are a genius! Paused the video and ran off to 'doctor' my machine immediately. What a difference! Thank you!!!!

Omg how utterly simple! And for years we've been disassembling the machines to get them off!! Clever!!

I've discovered a couple of things I thought I'd share. The first comes from polymer clay artist, Yonat Dascalu. She puts a block of Fimo on the pasta machine to stop the clay expanding. One side of clay against the side of the pasta machine and the other butted-up against a block of Fimo. It works! The second comes from my own experiments. To clean my pasta machine, I put a babywipe through on the thickest setting a couple of times. Then I fold a good quality piece of kitchen paper and put that through a couple of times. It also works!

HELPFUL! Thank you so very much, Samantha! Tips like this are needed for those of us who do clay and haven’t figured it all out yet! Ha! You are a wonderful teacher/instructor and you’ve helped so many clayers! Again, thank you for your willingness to share and help others. You are a gem!! Blessings to you!

Update...i was using my pasta machine after I removed guards and poof the rollers fell off and I was not able to put it back together. I just bought a new one. After I flipped out cuz I was near a projects end. N had to wait about a week for new one... I am arthritic so can't use regular hand rollers. Anyways don't know if it was the cause but just be aware... Omg... THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN...for 3 years I have tried to figure a way to remove the guards... Never knew it would take all of 5 minutes if that.. Wow what a mess inside... I have cut myself on the guards I have thumb scars wow. Thank you so so much for this!!! Now my machine is usable... I was getting pits n peeling in all my good clay thanks again!!!

You have no idea how much this has helped me. I couldn’t seem to get it clean enough for my white to stay white. Now I can. Thank you so much and keep up with all your fabulous designs and tutorials.

This was SOOOOO helpful. It took a bit of work to get the fender off but worth the effort. I cleaned out enough clay to make a bead core, ha ha, Thanks, Samantha

Jess, I love your videos. But it is so much easier to take the machine apart then trying to bend metal.

Thank You Samantha!! I don't use mine all the time, but I was getting the Gunk on my pieces of clay but with this video, my husband took off my fenders and I gave it a through cleaning...and it is in new working order...thanks so much for the tip...

Wowwwwww! Thank you so much! I never would have thought to take those off! I've been running a dirty piece of white clay through before I used a light color clay. This took me about 20 minutes start to finish. So easy!

I had my husband do this about an hour ago. I have an Atlas 180. It is a game changer. I had so much clay stuck that I could have made a small skinner blend. And i cleaned my machine after every use and sometimes during use. Being able to get on the ledge, is so much better and you know its clean. Instead of just guessing. Thanks so much.

Thank you! I followed your advice and it worked perfectly. And I found enough clay wedged under it to make three cabochons. No wonder I couldn’t keep it clean enough.

Your tutorials are the best. I removed the fenders. Makins pasta machine. Easy peasy. So easy. Thank you.

Thank you for that information. very helpful. Never knew that, and will definitely be making that modification so that I can clean my machine better.

I watched this video in bed last night and couldn’t wait til this morning to do it. I did it. It’s is great! No more obstructing my view. I can see what’s happening with the clay now. Thanks so much.

Omg… you’re fricken AMAZEBALLS! 🫶🫶🫶 I can’t believe how easy that was … and how easy my machine is to clean now with a sharpened wood skewer (I just put it in a pencil sharpener)! (It was easy ‘cos I cheated after watching you take the first fender off … and immediately called my hubby in, pressed replay and handed him my pliers … it took him less than 2 minutes and I didn’t even raise a sweat!)

most Marcado and Atlas machines have a screw on the side without the thickness dial.You can remove that and then use a wrench to remove the bold inside that allows you to open up the one side so that you can easily remove the fenders and even the blades to clean. No need for a husband.😆 I have a video on my youtube channel showing how. This won't work on all machines, but most of them do come apart this way.

I removed the bottom fenders, a long time ago. I got so tired of old colors getting on my new clay. So I popped them off! Never thought of taking the top fenders off. Thank you, for all of your advice and helpful suggestions and tips. I love to watch all of your tutorials!

Thank you so much for this extremely useful tip Samantha. I would never have known one can do that!

I’m all about care for our tools. Another informative video. Many thanks Jess

Excellent advice Samantha, this will help me a lot, Thank you!

Thank you! I've always wanted to do this but didn't know how. Great video

OMG! I'M SO AMAZED! Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial!

Thank you Samantha, you have helped to relieve the stress from using this machine for me - I never even considered this.

I removed the fenders off mine today using a screwdriver it was very easy. Thanks for the tip of removing the fenders...

Thank you so much. I have removed the guards and am so pleased with being able to better clean my machine.

Thank you (I’m a boy on my grandmas account so it makes sense) I need a gift for my girlfriend and all she wants is one of these. I’m kinda broke right now so I want to make a pasta roller more efficient and maybe add a vinyl skin or something to make it more special. This community is dope.

Thank you so much Samantha, this is going to make cleaning my machines so much easier.

Be aware when trying this with an Atlas. They are made with a stronger stainless steel and it doesnt bend easily. I still had to take the bottom and side off, not hard but just a bit more work. Still I've been meaning to take the fenders off and this gave me the push to do it. Now my machine is nice and clean. Thanks Samantha ❤

Thank you Samantha this was a great informative tutorial. I have an old machine I will practice on first x

Thank you so much for making this video. EXTREMELY HELPFUL!

Thank you! I hate those metal guards. I always thought that they must have some reason for being put on. So I fought trying to clean around them all the time. I am so glad you showed us this.

Thank you so much for your videos. I am from South Africa. Starting on clay after many years and I learn so much from you.

Well, this will come in handy before I start making WHITE Christmas snowflakes! Thanks!

Oh my, I never even thought about that the clay could (does) get stuck in the machine like that!!! my mind is blown! Thank you SO MUCH for this useful info! now I know what I need to do first thing in the morning....yep, get those fenders off! :D 💜 I just got a new one, so there wont be much in there (only used it 2 times) but it´s better to get that done right away so you can keep an eye on it :)

Great video, Samantha, thank you 🌟! I had the cracked plastic blades issue with my first (secondhand) machine and just last week bought a new one. I will be removing the guards today 😊

So happy to have found this genius video, thank you Samantha so much xxx

It was difficult but I managed to do it with a lot of grunting and gnashing of teeth lol. You made it look so easy!! Great tutorial :)

As always an informative, to the point video. I now have the courage to modify my machine!! Thank you so much!!!

This has literally saved my white clay. I was scared to do it. But I did. Thank you so much

Omg thank you so much for this video! You saved my life! I never had the courage to pull the shield apart but now I do!!! Xxx

Thank you for the tutorial.

Thx … ❤ … it was so helpful and easy peasy to remove the guards … now i enjoy my machine again … and thx for a lovely Channel

I took mine off ages ago and was so happy.

Thank you......I had a bunch of clay backed up in it... lol I so glad you did this video.......... TFS wooohoooo

Brilliant...thanks so much. I’m off to get rid of mine now 😃 👌

This is awesome. I'm going to do this right away

Thanks so much for this...I was wondering about this...

Thanks for this! On the Makin roller that I have I was able to rip the fenders off by hand. Much better now!

Thank you! So important to know!

Perfect job great tutorial for this

For people with an Atlas 180 - I was able to remove the fenders off using this plier method! It was tough, since the metal is quite strong, but with patience and strength (I did have “guy” help) they’re now off and I am a happy camper!!!

Thank you. This brilliant.

Thank you that's a great idea.

Just had ago...its so nice & easy to do. Thank you

Thank you for sharing. Not too difficult to remove

Thank you sooooo much! So helpful!!!💜

Brilliant, thank you!!

Gracias, ya se lo quite me quedó muy bien. Eres un genio. 👍🏼

Thanks that was really helpful

Very helpful.

Ok. I will try it this way. I have one sitting still unassembled because I took it apart. I’ve wanted to take my fenders off the atlas’s for a long long time but was scared to after I couldn’t get one back together!!As alway, thanks Samantha!

Thank you so much!

Oh you clever sausage..... off to shout hubby for assistance 😘

I think taking off the end with the handle (or both ends) might be a better way to go. This allows you full access to the hidden sides of the scrapers, so you can do a thorough clean of them every few months. Also you can then remove the fenders without bending them with pliers, so you can still get better access to do a frequent clean of the blades with a wooden barbecue skewer or similar. You do need access to a few simple tools to take the side(s) off and the job is quite fiddly.

Hey Jess thankyou for all the tips you have inspired three generations. however for cleaning your Pasta machine all you need is one foot and a power wash if its a hand fed stainless steel one. thanks again, stay safe stay home and candy cane xxx

Yaaaasss thank you for sharing!!!! ✌💕

Thank you!!!

Awesome!

I love your videos, there are my favourite on YT. Can anyone answer if I can do this to the Makins clay roller?

Thank you

Brilliant!,

Da da. Thank-you for showing this. Easy.

Thanks 👍💛👍

Thank you for this tutorial. I am new at this and am trying to figure out why my clay keeps sticking to the other roller. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Just when I'm all ready to start my adventure. Any ideas? I love your work though. But I keep running into roadblocks.

THANK YOU !!!!!!!

I seriously need to do mine … the amount of times I’ve sliced the top of my finger open trying to clean it. Thanks Samantha! X

I pulled my machine apart starting with the base plate and the the side screws and so on the whole machine comes apart for cleaning this also alluded me to add grease to the cogs that the rollers have hidden under the sides. As for the clay between the rollers and blades I use the smallest crochet hook that you can get which is made of stainless steel the hook helps to pull the clay out. The guards are there to stop the clay dropping on the back of the roller unless you are holding the clay the whole time your rolling it which is not easy to do while turning the handle. Since adding a machine to mine the guards come in handy as I can focus on the clay feed out and not the clay feed in. As for cleaning the machine I clean it every time I use it as some of my clays leach colour on some of them special the dark reds and it leaves colour on the rollers I have found that a baby wipe can be feed between the rollers and blade and you can slide it back and forth while the rollers are turning and it helps to remove the clay from the blades and roller at the same time just cut the baby wipes into one inch strips as this helps to feed between the rollers and blades. I have found the best way to clean the machine is to pull it apart at least once every other month so all the parts can be cleaned including the cogs and they get regressed before putting it all back together again. As this does take time it’s best to have two machines one for working with and one that you can strip down and clean.😊😊😊😊😊

It's a bit more complicated with an atlas 150. The fenders are heavier, they won't bend like this. You have to remove several sets of screws. It is doable though. I confess I relied on husband but I am not handy like that. It takes both metric and other tools, or it did for us. But ..... we got er' done and cleaning will be so much better!

Lol gritting my teeth while i watch you do it

Awesome!!! And brilliant! Can you please recommend the best brand pasta roller for rolling clay?

Great idea! I was struggling to clean my newly purchased for-clay pasta machine and even considering a motorized one (easier on my 69 year old joints). Still might get the motorized one though and use manual for traveling.

Oh good grief, this makes so much sense! 🙂

Great tip ! Do you think I can make it on an Imperia ?

So helpful. Do you need to put the fenders back on after cleaning?

Lovely tutorial on cleaning. I have to admit I was shocked at how you wrenched off the tabs on the fenders/guards - I have removed mine by pressing in the sides with a clamp to create more space then pulling the tab back then up, and with the slack the others come out with a wiggle at most. Replacing it is the same in reverse and taking the clamps off (I needed to remove a foreign object little fingers had posted.) Those same little fingers are the reason I need to leave the guard on. I suppose the plastic inside is fine for normal/pasta use, but polymer clays effect some plastics (I now wonder if the machines labeled specificly as for polymer clay take this into account, or if they just rebrand and up the price tag?) Anyway, nice tutorial :)

Wonderful! I'm getting ready to remove my guards! Thanks. Question: I have a cheap pasta machine and I've always wondered about thickness settings on cheap pasta rollers. So many have Marcato Atlas brand pasta machines and I was wondering if you have a favorite brand. Thanks for all of the help and excellent tutorials!

Большое спасибо за совет. Я ни как не могла хорошо почистить свою машинку. Теперь я знаю, что надо делать... Правда, было бы замечательно, если бы можно было снять и нижние пластины... И все же, огромное спасибо за видео...

it should be on top of finding, what the waste for the big company without the instruction of assemble or disassemble. It took me half of the day search for this video, although there is a machine screws on the side, you can take it off and take out of the fenders easier.

For a while I had both the guards and the scrapers removed on my machine. The clay would just spin around endlessly. It made beautiful blended colors, but if I wanted to make a sheet, I had to reach under with my fingers and grab it.

hi, screwdriver simple FLAT not cross one works even beter for me - use as lever :) (couldn´t get under fender with thick pliers on one side of machine). thank you for your great tutorials :)

Very interesting video Samantha! What is the make of the pasta roller you were altering please?

Hi Samantha, the black pasta machine what is the brand, it looks like it’s wider, thank you jeni

Hi Jessama, thank you for the tutorial, very helpful. I left my pasta machine to my parent's country. That one was not very sturdy, and handle used to come out. Can you please suggest where I can get a good machine for polymer clay projects. May I know from where you bought yours?

Merci pour cette vidéo très utile, cela marche t il pour toutes les marques de machines? J'ai une Atlas180? Merci

I made a rookie mistake of using pointy metal stuff to clean the blades, leaving it with dent. Any advice how to fix?

Great trouble shooting!