Most people I’ve seen take off the bottom of the Pasta Mill, then somehow attach it to a large piece of wood. The problem is the bottom of the pasta mill has holes in it, but doesn’t have any nuts to screw into. Here is my simple solution: Drill a hole in a piece of wood, then run the clamp up through the hole, so that it clamps on the bottom of the board- up through the board, then clamps unto the pasta mill.
I used my drill and noticed a huge difference between the different settings: either I had the smaller grains going straight through it and not getting crushed, or the milling was very very slow. Eventually I decided to run it once through the large setting, then again at a smaller setting. The second time, the grains rip through it.
I did a lot of work scratching the rollers horizontally with a screwdriver but found they were not deep enough and the grain would slip. Running a large drill in reverse cut deeper, curved groove and caused burrs I need to use a steel brush to get off.
I’ve heard of much larger rollers (larger than 4 inches) being smooth and working fine- I think because the grain sits down in it… small rollers like these in the pasta mill (2 inches I think) just don’t cause enough area to sit down in it… which means I think I have to also scratch the rollers even more.
I also noted there was a TON more grain going through the left side of the rollers (the side closest to the dial gauge)… because the rollers seem to be somewhat uneven.
