I Tried to Make an Automatic Pasta Cutter (did NOT go as planned)

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  • @leonarquilliere2277
    @leonarquilliere2277 2 года назад +1587

    The problem with your cutter is that it moves too slowly across the extruder. If you look at all the other footage the blade flies by very fast, while yours is on the extruder half of the time. To make it perfekt you would have to stop the blade every 360° and then turn as fast as you can and stop again, so that they can be long enough but also get cut very fast

    • @ShEsHy
      @ShEsHy 2 года назад +85

      Basically use one of those CnC computer-controlled motors. Hook it up to a computer, tell it to quickly rotate 360° (or 180° for a two-sided blade) every x seconds then hold, and you're done. Oh, and also, make an anchor hole on the die for the blade (which should sit on the shaft like a propeller, flat with the die) shaft to sit in to prevent any wobbling.
      Pretty it up, and you've got an adjustable length pasta cutter.

    • @lacikancsar5004
      @lacikancsar5004 2 года назад +10

      Actually the last pasta machine I worked with you can set to different speeds

    • @asronome
      @asronome 2 года назад +146

      The blade axis can't be the center of the die because the radius is too small, he just needs a sharper blade spinning quickly and with it's axis mounted like 15 cm away from the die so the angular velocity is higher even with the same RPM

    • @Vfulncchl
      @Vfulncchl 2 года назад +15

      Yeah omg this is so obvious

    • @RYU47376
      @RYU47376 2 года назад +7

      @@ShEsHy he already used steppers in his first try, and if for cnc motor ur talking about servo. That would be overkill since a negligible a mount of backlash is created in cutting pasta

  • @athinkingman
    @athinkingman 2 года назад +522

    Hey Alex, why not try a brushless motor (or stepper motor) with position control. You can wait as long as you want for the correct length, then cut quickly.

    • @Vfulncchl
      @Vfulncchl 2 года назад +20

      Yes, this is the way

    • @HuyNguyen-cs8tk
      @HuyNguyen-cs8tk 2 года назад +19

      You could also use a thin wire as a blade

    • @firefly618
      @firefly618 2 года назад +3

      I agree. Like an old film camera or film projector. They move in quick steps.

    • @MrMoeRod
      @MrMoeRod 2 года назад +18

      Also, don't assume that the cutter's axis needs to be in line with the extruder axis

    • @miguelcontreras5782
      @miguelcontreras5782 2 года назад +7

      The NEMA motor he used is already a stepper, not necessarily with a position encoder but could provide a step counting based position control.

  • @DBLDQ
    @DBLDQ 2 года назад +267

    It’s not that it didn’t work… you just invented a new type of pasta! 😂
    “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”

    • @tokiomitohsaka7770
      @tokiomitohsaka7770 2 года назад +8

      I would buy Alex’s malextrudi pasta and use it as an April fool’s joke, telling whomever I am cooking for that it is a newly invented pasta shape.

  • @ninjaahjumma
    @ninjaahjumma 2 года назад +1

    I don't have any brilliant suggestions or contributions regarding the pasta cutter, but I just want to give kudos over the brilliance of "malextrudi". "Mal" meaning bad and "extrudi" meaning thrust or pushed out, combined together to mean "poorly extruded". But, at the same time, it is also mALEXtrudi. A brilliant play on words that would've made Shakespeare proud. Also, the life lesson at the end about REST being a necessary and integral step towards success... BRILLIANT! Absolutely brilliant.
    This is exactly what makes this series so amazing. It's fun, interesting, quirky, just a tad crazy, but also teaches us about the scientific process and ways of approaching problems, the value of persistence and resilience, and about life (and pasta) as well. Absolutely, positively, BRILLIANT.

  • @michaelbaz3867
    @michaelbaz3867 2 года назад +18

    i love the direction this channel is going, just the sheer amount of help and engineering suggestions in the comments is AMAZING

  • @eureoma578
    @eureoma578 2 года назад +1

    I'm an electrical Engineer myself and I like cooking, this is the perfect channel for me, I love it.

  • @bschwand
    @bschwand 2 года назад +151

    Two options:
    - a very long blade with the motor off center so the cutting action is quick and sudden
    - a short blade actuated by a brushless motor controlled as stepper or a servo ac motor, cutting very fast across the pasta, then dwelling until the full pasta is extruded.
    Basically, reproduce the action you do with the knife manually...

    • @lopesfacascustom
      @lopesfacascustom 2 года назад

      I couldn't explain it better, while engineering, think like an engineer and good results will follow you

    • @OlaNordmann123
      @OlaNordmann123 2 года назад +1

      Or he could just do what he did at the end as that worked

    • @angrypotato_fz
      @angrypotato_fz 2 года назад +3

      or a piston moving the blade up and down!

    • @guillemperez3463
      @guillemperez3463 2 года назад +1

      This is absolutely one of the best ways to go about it, and the piston up and down is also a great idea given the small form factor.

    • @pwnjitsu
      @pwnjitsu 2 года назад

      @@angrypotato_fz spot on

  • @anacarolinnagimenez9631
    @anacarolinnagimenez9631 2 года назад +1

    I truly admire you, Alex. A long time ago, I discovered your channel because of the food and its interesting facts. Right now your content is even richer! Maybe some people don't like how you take further your topics, going really deep, but I think this is beautiful! I learn so much, thank you! Btw, I am from Brazil 🙂

  • @SarahKchannel
    @SarahKchannel 2 года назад +187

    Use a box cutter blade, it even has a ø4mm hole on one site for attachment, the Nema 17 stepper has enough torque, if you run it at 24V with a decent blade.

    • @SarahKchannel
      @SarahKchannel 2 года назад +38

      and if you a stepper library on the arduino, you can run a speed ramp, so the blade has a high acceleration to the cut, then ramps down and stops for brief moment until enough material is extruded. Instead of continuous rotation. A pit like giving a good punch at first impact of the blade with the pasta, then just steadily slice through.

    • @MrMartinglob
      @MrMartinglob 2 года назад +7

      @@SarahKchannel Exactly!
      Or make a thing like a "wide gap tuning fork" and attache a cheese cutting wire. Then add a sensor that could tell when the wire was right between the two extruders. And when enough pasta have been extrude make a 180 fast rotation.

    • @magicman9486
      @magicman9486 2 года назад

      @@MrMartinglob fast 360 would be better.

    • @RAl2O3
      @RAl2O3 2 года назад

      @@magicman9486 fast 180 is enough indeed

    • @SarahKchannel
      @SarahKchannel 2 года назад +1

      @@MrMartinglob Sensors are great, but you technically only need to do a homing position at start, as there is most likely no skipped steps. A hall effect sensor would do quiet well as it is contactless and does not care are 'dirt' as much as all other type of sensors.

  • @chuuu4610
    @chuuu4610 2 года назад +76

    I’ve never done this before, but just based on occasionally doing modelling clay art, I think that using a wire that moves up and down could work well in some circumstances.

    • @lawrencebillson6224
      @lawrencebillson6224 2 года назад +8

      Came here to say this - it’s how my pasta extruded does the cutting. Taught piano wire cuts pasta very effectively.

    • @RoboticParanoia
      @RoboticParanoia 2 года назад +7

      This is actually a great idea and works amazingly good for several shapes of pasta. Since he can code, a wire cutter that goes down, waits, go up will work fantastically. And he can print a guide so it is always flush with the die. This will also preserve the die.

    • @chuuu4610
      @chuuu4610 2 года назад +1

      @@RoboticParanoia yeah, and the surface of the wire is small so it prevents the crush effect and sticking.
      I would really like to see him try it even just manually first.
      It’s generally what’s used for cakes that are too delicate to cut with a knife.

    • @RoboticParanoia
      @RoboticParanoia 2 года назад

      @@chuuu4610 there are some slow, small pasta extruders that use a stainless steel wire. The manual marcato he destroyed in the beginning of the series also have. Pretty effective for slow extrusion, but needs to be fast. He can have the timed wire cutter for bigger shapes and the knife for smaller ones, that do not require fast cut, such as fusili, caserecce, gnocchette, radiatore (if cut by the side, with the knife parallel to the length of the die shape) etc.

    • @TheEdquito
      @TheEdquito 2 года назад +2

      Just stretch the metal wire across two opposite points on the circle, that way it could still spin and cut. His biggest issue was he was tryong to reinvent the blade. Literally just stick a razor and presto.

  • @supernoodles908
    @supernoodles908 2 года назад +408

    right, so the issue is the inner part of the blade is traveling very very slowly and on an arc
    With that larger pasta extruders, the blade is effectively in a straight motion rather than an arcing one (especially further out)
    When you cut with the knife it's fast and in a straight direction
    You very much limited by the radios of the machine
    Since you can code a bit, i would try making a linear cutting edge that goes up and down

    • @supernoodles908
      @supernoodles908 2 года назад +10

      just ping me if you want help

    • @uiomancannot7931
      @uiomancannot7931 2 года назад +22

      Also, the pasta dough was pushing the blade out of the way, especially on the thick one, which interrupts the cut. A wire might work for such a small machine.

    • @doodle9495
      @doodle9495 2 года назад +1

      problem with this is it would destroy the pasta on the way up, and if it was 2 sided it would cut too small, or have to do some sort of half rotation backwards up the machine and then come down straight again

    • @NickCombs
      @NickCombs 2 года назад +12

      Probably easier to scale up the current rotary design so that only a portion of the sweep interacts with the pasta.

    • @photonicpizza1466
      @photonicpizza1466 2 года назад +1

      @@doodle9495 They were thinking of using a linear actuator, not a rotational motor like a stepper motor. Anything using a rotational motor will have the exact same issue that they pointed out.

  • @draakevil
    @draakevil 2 года назад +122

    The problem wasn't the stepper motors. They can have very high torque for their size, even without gear reduction. From the sound your motors made and the fact that you couldn't get as slow as you wanted the problem was the driver circuit xD

    • @meneldal
      @meneldal 2 года назад

      Yeah when a motor makes a sound like that it's not looking very good.

    • @chinerwin
      @chinerwin 2 года назад +2

      I recently automated my roller curtain which needed 3kg of pulling force which I achieved using a NEMA 23 1.16 Nm with the Tmc2208 supplied with 12V 5A. Looks like he was using a l298n h bridge instead of a proper stepper driver. Stepper motor drivers are able to send higher voltages (achieving higher torque) due to current control, and its sine waveform results in really quiet movement. Besides, its way easier to program the stop start sequences to vary the length of the pasta using stepper motors.

  • @ticketmachine
    @ticketmachine 2 года назад +80

    I think you're thinking about the timing all wrong. The reason the big pasta extruders in the factory work with continuous rotation is because the extrusion rate is high so blade speed can be high during continuous rotation. With your machine's extrusion rate, it would make more sense to spin as fast as you can for one revolution, then program in a waiting period.
    You can have the motor set up on the side like how you did the prototype with the big weird shaped aluminum cutter. You even used a stepper motor, so you can set position to 90° and command the motor to spin 360° as fast as it can per cut. You used a wiper motor, think about how intermittent wipers work; the blades turn quickly, but there is a long rest period between cycles.

    • @zuthalsoraniz6764
      @zuthalsoraniz6764 2 года назад

      The extrusion rate is high, and also it is a big die holder, with lots of individual extrusion dies, which means for a given extrusion speed a continuously rotating cutter can have a much higher linear speed to get the same length of pasta.

    • @theprojectproject01
      @theprojectproject01 2 года назад +4

      Actually, using a wiper motor from a car, with all its circuitry, might be the cheapest way to get this done.

  • @MrQuoise
    @MrQuoise 2 года назад +38

    Video 1: "I'm going to make dry pasta myself at home!" Video 10: "I'm hiring a few more employees to staff the dry pasta factory I built at home!"

  • @yurapit88
    @yurapit88 2 года назад +3

    I totally felt that triumph! It seems like something so simple or trivial, but in reality it’s totally complicated and takes way more time to create and perfect. Love the dedication to the craft and not giving up. The answers always come when you’re well rested. Edit: Or when you post the video and hear from all of the pasta cutting experts in the doobly doo.

  • @danfoot7742
    @danfoot7742 2 года назад +280

    This is no longer a pasta series. More of an engineering series now.

    • @NL-Chaos
      @NL-Chaos 2 года назад +8

      I still like it to see someone create something out of nothing. Specially him as he is good in montages.

    • @thischannelisforcommenting5680
      @thischannelisforcommenting5680 2 года назад +10

      always has been

    • @flipsideroot
      @flipsideroot 2 года назад +3

      Always has been

    • @srpacific
      @srpacific 2 года назад +3

      It’s an engineering series that is sometimes about food

    • @princessagatha9991
      @princessagatha9991 2 года назад +2

      And I’m not mad about it…

  • @FaiaHalo
    @FaiaHalo 2 года назад +4

    Alex, I LOVE your pasta series AND your passion for learning and improving in diverse taks is such an inspiration to me. Much love from Latin America!

  • @dougidoug
    @dougidoug 2 года назад +2

    You don’t give up on something and that’s what makes you great. You figure out how to get it done and don’t give up till it’s done. No retreat no surrender

  • @mathieub3953
    @mathieub3953 2 года назад +104

    The blades used in normal machines are very sharp with a shallow angle. Your knife simply compresses the pasta and tries to sheer it off but it's too soft for that.

    • @giga84
      @giga84 2 года назад

      This was quite painful to watch. Didn't know him like that.

  • @DavePlaysGaming
    @DavePlaysGaming 2 года назад +127

    When cutting anything, surface area is the enemy. The smaller the surface area of the blade, the more effective it is.
    Your final design is so close to being spot on, but if I were to try improving it, I would make the blade thinner, set it to an angle closer to the face of the extruder, and potentially look at using a stepper motor that rotates 360 degrees as fast as possible and then stops for 3 seconds to allow the pasta to extrude to cutting length again.
    All that said, this cutter is definitely doing the job as intended, so there's no need to continue chasing perfection.
    As CityPlannerPlays often says, "don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough".
    Good work Alex, Salut!

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 2 года назад +2

      A razor makes sense. Maybe cut down so it's just the 5mm above the edge.

  • @Jen-iy7lq
    @Jen-iy7lq 2 года назад +6

    Congrats Alex! This installment was hilarious. I was going to suggest putting the blade at a higher angle versus perpendicular to the die / face plate but looks like it worked out fine at ~45 degrees.

  • @lowyuesheng1985
    @lowyuesheng1985 2 года назад +1

    It’s amazing! Reminded me of my time as a polyethylene process engineer where the extruder that is used in making polyethylene pellets have knife to die contact maintained by hydraulic pressure.

  • @AthiHusky
    @AthiHusky 2 года назад +57

    The first thing that came to my mind was to use a wire cutter, like one of these you use for cutting cheese. You could press against the dye and if it can cut hard cheese it shouldn't have any problems with pasta :)!

    • @SpongeDesigncouk
      @SpongeDesigncouk 2 года назад +2

      I literally just posted the same thing 😅 just attach your cheese wire to some chain and gears like a bike. Sharp with a lot of torque and speed control

    • @Robb403
      @Robb403 2 года назад +1

      I agree. Some of the commercial machines I have seen use a wire to cut the pasta.

    • @jacobv_
      @jacobv_ 2 года назад

      Sometimes things meant to cut something hard cannot cut something soft. For example, the saw blade for stone wouldn't be able to cut your finger. You can touch it while it's spinning! But it cuts through rock.

    • @AthiHusky
      @AthiHusky 2 года назад

      @@jacobv_ sure, but wirecutters are used for dough as well. Sure, I cannot try it myself, but I still believe a Wirecutter would do the job perfectly

  • @TheLittleHomestead
    @TheLittleHomestead 2 года назад

    You, sir, are AWESOME! I've been following your journey in this project and your resolve and drive to learn and design/engineer is truly inspiring!

  • @tigre3droyce771
    @tigre3droyce771 2 года назад +7

    I often consum 3D printing and DIY content on YT. And occasionally I watch Alex's channel for cook inspirations. Now my 2 preferred contents are merging together...😊

  • @jesper1010
    @jesper1010 2 года назад

    Thank you for listening to my feedback on your pervious video. No intro and and long recap, and the sponsor at the end. And you solved all the problems you encountered in one video. You are back man, to the high standards like always before!

  • @Mecolo
    @Mecolo 2 года назад +9

    This has become, actually pretty fast, in a "how to have a mini pasta factory at home" series
    Awesome!

  • @lupulinlibations
    @lupulinlibations 2 года назад

    Alex, you are making one of the best RUclips series that has ever existed. Please keep up the good work and never give up on your content. I would happily watch your trials with this pasta battle for days!

  • @Fr0z3nS0liD
    @Fr0z3nS0liD 2 года назад +28

    Alex, remember the aggregation of marginal gains.
    Good night's sleep +1%
    Sharper blade +1%
    Better blade shape +1%
    Non-stick properties for the blade (carbon steel blade seasoned like a wok! Or just a non-stick coating on stainless steel) +1%
    Blade alignment +1% (including support for the motor so it does not bend the blade out of alignment!)
    Consistent pasta dough +1%
    Clean pasta extruder +1%
    Variable motor speed +1% (faster when cutting, slower when not cutting)
    You will make the best one-man domestic dried pasta factory in the world. I believe in you.

  • @aldoraine4537
    @aldoraine4537 2 года назад

    2 years ago, when for the first time i saw one of your cooking videos, i knew you are engineer. There are no other specie on the earth with that strive for knowledge. Last several videos were amazing, mixture of cooking and engineering. Keep up the good work man. A lot of regards from fellow engineer.

  • @___echo___
    @___echo___ 2 года назад +9

    Love the amount of pasta videos lately

  • @end-rays
    @end-rays 2 года назад

    I am so loving your new series!
    A perfect combination of Engineering, Food, Passion and Humor.
    What an original and beautiful series.
    Respect 🙏

  • @ehab517
    @ehab517 2 года назад +9

    To have more control on the pasta length, you may need to introduce a "pause" between cuts instead of just controlling the blade rotation speed.
    Also didn't you think of using the blade of a utility knife

  • @fmervick1
    @fmervick1 2 года назад

    This is what I love about your videos, Alex- you're not afraid to show all the failures along the way! Well done and keep going.

  • @TheTamally
    @TheTamally 2 года назад +18

    Sometimes I forget that Alex is an engineer lmao

    • @photonicpizza1466
      @photonicpizza1466 2 года назад +2

      He studied telecommunications and wireless networking. Somewhat related to software engineering (though just barely), but hardly anything like mechanical engineering.

    • @TheTamally
      @TheTamally 2 года назад

      @@photonicpizza1466 I seem to recall him saying he worked as a software engineer before, which is what I was referencing.
      Regardless, by definition he is an engineer.

    • @photonicpizza1466
      @photonicpizza1466 2 года назад

      @@TheTamally He worked as a web designer. Not even software engineering, just very light programming.
      And by your definition, most engineers are absolutely useless with mechanical systems like this. Even a proper software engineer is abysmal at considering important things like shear stress etc. “Engineer” is a very broad term, and using it this mindlessly is asinine.

    • @TheTamally
      @TheTamally 2 года назад

      @@photonicpizza1466 Are you okay? You seem way too worked up about this.
      By definition an engineer is "a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works." Wouldn't you know it, Alex designed, built, and maintained multiple machines over the course of this youtube channel.

  • @mattiauk
    @mattiauk 2 года назад +1

    This is no longer a pasta series, it's a pasta Saga! I am not sure if I am watching a creative endeavour or Alex descent into madness. Grear video as always!

  • @PagglsLP
    @PagglsLP 2 года назад +6

    Alex inventing a new machine for his procedure
    my engineer brain: "i would totally overengineer this"
    Alex engineer brain: "i'm totally overengineering this!"

    • @lukek3346
      @lukek3346 2 года назад

      I was thinking a Geneva gear offset from the main drive to give a rapid movement and a nice pause.
      Or a crank and piston and cheese wire wiping up and down

  • @XavierBergeron
    @XavierBergeron 2 года назад

    I love watching your prototyping and troubleshooting journey. I found your channel through your collaboration with This Old Tony and although I don't cook, I get super excited with every new video you release. Keep up the fantastic work!

  • @jpjude68
    @jpjude68 2 года назад +4

    Maybe, try to imitate what works well by hand : a blade set almost flat on the die. Maybe something which cuts 2 pastas by which moving up and down. When it cuts, it does so in short and quick motion. Size changes with delay between movements.

  • @markstephens649
    @markstephens649 2 года назад

    I am loving all your videos! I am retired in Thailand and one of my hobbies is old style shaving... With safety razors... You need to incorporate your cutting machine to use ultra sharp thin stainless steel blades in your system to perfect... CIAO!

  • @gavinhicks7621
    @gavinhicks7621 2 года назад +14

    I’m hoping he realizes that this setup can’t have a constant spinning blade. It needs to quickly spin and stop to allow the pasta to extrude then quickly spin again.

    • @TheEfX
      @TheEfX 2 года назад

      You can make the blade slighty canted

    • @oplkfdhgk
      @oplkfdhgk 2 года назад

      maybe mount the motor next to the extruder and run the motor faster? 🤔

    • @athinkingman
      @athinkingman 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, when he said "stepper motor" I thought that's what he would do. "Hey Alex, use a brushless motor with a position controller!" Then he could make the lengths of the pasta exactly what he wanted.

  • @emameyer
    @emameyer 2 года назад

    what I love about Alex is that he not only shows us the amazing result at the end of the process but also shares all the failures on the road to success
    Merci

  • @duck_supremacist
    @duck_supremacist 2 года назад +5

    You were onto a winner with the saw blade but you're forgetting one essential thing:
    ANGLE,
    If you don't cut it with the blade facing forward you'll smoosh the part of the pasta you just cut onto the part of the pasta that is still being held by the extruder, the last prototype worked a bit better because of that (the pasta was ejected away from the extruder).
    To put that into perspective try cutting your pastas with the knife at a 90° angle from the extruder, same result.
    Good luck

  • @johnpiccolini3305
    @johnpiccolini3305 2 года назад

    You give us hope! So grateful for each of these steps, each of these videos.

  • @Apathymiller
    @Apathymiller 2 года назад +8

    SHARPEN THE BLADES! or use a razor blade
    Edit: NM hadn't finished the video...

  • @stevenmhensley
    @stevenmhensley 2 года назад

    No wonder why the pasta makers were so generous with their knowledge. If anything it serves as deterrent to any competitors or even home pasta makers. Their sales will go up after sharing this journey and nobody in their right mind will try this at home. Love this series. My respect for dried pasta has increased dramatically.

  • @WorldRaceMVG
    @WorldRaceMVG 2 года назад +5

    Just ask the pasta nicely to cut itself

  • @goffe2282
    @goffe2282 2 года назад +2

    This series is getting long. It's clear you are so passionate about this. Lovely to see. It also made clear why they are not selling a cutter for this machine.
    Also, as some have mentioned...... this disc seems too small to cut with continous motion, but also starting and stopping is difficult. If you could stop, and then quickly spin 360 and then stop again (repeat) then that could work for larger pasta.

  • @markcnc
    @markcnc 2 года назад

    Wonderful solution.
    With a double blade like the final one you made. If you alter the code to turn 180 degrees, stop and wait, turn 180 degrees, stop and wait ... etc
    You need only alter the frequency of the cycle to cut very specific size pasta.

  • @Lao2222
    @Lao2222 2 года назад

    Alex, i Had tears in my eyes when IT worked im so glad thank you my guy

  • @FrankMullerINC
    @FrankMullerINC 2 года назад

    The pasta series is the best you done to date! Do not stop, plenty more to be done in the pasta series. Keep it up

  • @rickrutledge7361
    @rickrutledge7361 2 года назад

    Timing is everything. Love this channel.

  • @Berkana
    @Berkana 2 года назад

    Alex, what you need is intermittent motion, not constant rotation. Bigger pasta machines don't need to do this because the rotor turns fast enough, but your die is so small that the entire die is probably the size of the axle of the pasta cutter on commercial machines. Since you have a high torque motor, do this: Have the blade on a spring-loaded pivot, and let it compress the spring as the rotor turns, then at the right time, have it pull past the stop and swing forward to slice the pasta from the outlet.
    Do this once every 180˚, and you'll get intermittent motion with a quick fast cut that works well with your small pasta die.

  • @smiley800
    @smiley800 2 года назад

    It is always great to see one of your videos come out. I enjoy them all. Thanks for sharing.

  • @KaishiAxon
    @KaishiAxon 2 года назад

    Great job man! Really impressed. I figured it was going to be an issue of torque above all else but your comparison to scissors makes a lot of sense. And the property you're describing is within your shots of the commercial cutters from your trip to Italy.

  • @avoirdupois1
    @avoirdupois1 2 года назад

    It is so pleasing to watch your iterative process. Great work!

  • @michaelt312
    @michaelt312 2 года назад

    I absolutely love that you share the true journey. Failures and all.

  • @channel3default
    @channel3default 2 года назад

    Glad you didn’t give up, Alex! Your perseverance is quite inspiring 👍

  • @JR-nw1li
    @JR-nw1li 2 года назад +1

    As an industria design student and culinary aficionado i love this, keep on going dude

  • @azvelociraptor
    @azvelociraptor 2 года назад

    Alex first time responding to your videos. Your over thinking this. You need a relay switch with a blade that will cut down and pull up at very fast speed. The pasta comes out at what 4.0 second and then slice. You could use box cutter blades because they are cheap or wide razor blades. I love your work.

  • @kaopin14
    @kaopin14 2 года назад

    I was never convinced you were going to give up lol

  • @mathiasbierberg-vinzents442
    @mathiasbierberg-vinzents442 2 года назад

    Can really see your experience on doing these kinds of projects, it really amazing fun and looking forward watching every of your videos. Take care!

  • @helloemilymills
    @helloemilymills 2 года назад

    You did it! 🙌 Never doubted you for a second. This was so fun to watch 😁

  • @christopherkarr1872
    @christopherkarr1872 2 года назад

    As always, I loved the video. Thanks for including all the 'less-than-perfect' engineering moments. You do beautiful work!

  • @gabrieleliuzzi6500
    @gabrieleliuzzi6500 2 года назад

    Great work Alex! You are super amazing! I admire your genius and your determination toward every goal! I follow your episodes with the highest interest a human being might have :))) And I’m proud of you!! All my admiration and congratulations to your work and channel!! You are simply extraordinary man!!

  • @BoredOfBills
    @BoredOfBills 2 года назад

    Use an old skool Razor blade. Code the cutter to wait and then cut QUICKLY every five or six seconds (depending on required length of pasta). I'm deeply impressed by your dedication to this project by the way given that you could just get on your bike and have very good pasta from the deli for smalll money 😁

  • @_cogojoe_
    @_cogojoe_ 2 года назад

    I've watched a lot of your series' and this here is the best in my eyes. Kudos Alex! Salú!

  • @eddysonnenschein
    @eddysonnenschein Год назад

    MAN! I loved that video so much. I REALLY felt with you and enjoyed every minute of that series. thank u alex

  • @reginickneo
    @reginickneo 2 года назад

    Alex! I think you are really inspiring with showing all the failures throughout the process. It is important that engineering includes failures during the iterations.
    Keep it up!

  • @stevethurow1559
    @stevethurow1559 2 года назад

    Thank you for showing all of your iterations.

  • @resuparta
    @resuparta 2 года назад

    Nice work! Your editing style and story telling is so entertaining. I'll be waiting for next video.

  • @brunogalati3589
    @brunogalati3589 2 года назад

    Bravo Alex. Love watching you and you approach to making food. This pasta series has made my pasta dishes top shelf….. with the family at least. It take a bag of the male exteudate pasta off you hands. A la prosima.

  • @tankytrash1281
    @tankytrash1281 2 года назад +1

    This is so much better than anything on television its crazy

  • @madscarlsen3588
    @madscarlsen3588 2 года назад

    Mark Rober of food!!! loved the last 2 videos where you actually face some bigger problems. Making your own wok looks like child's play compared to this dry pasta series. Amazing work Alex!

  • @TheBigk1964
    @TheBigk1964 2 года назад

    I love how you show the failure as well as the success!

  • @mattieo2844
    @mattieo2844 2 года назад +1

    As the other comments said, need to make it so it cuts fast then waits basically yeah. It would also help but wouldn't be necessary depending on how thick or sturdy the blade is, to have a ring around the pasta extruder, that would keep the blade from getting pushed outwards by the pasta and flexing it. It would help make the cuts better.

  • @lunaandstella825
    @lunaandstella825 2 года назад

    Have a nice vacation/time to relax Alex. We’ll be here to see the final product when you decide to come back to pasta.

  • @Hasan-cu5sd
    @Hasan-cu5sd 2 года назад +1

    Hey Alex was thinking of this. i have an idea which might work so basically I was thinking you can make some kind of sliding track horizontally connecting to the extruder and mount the motor on the track(use screws placed at equal distance on top to stabilize the motor ) so you can maintain a bit of distance from the extruder which helps with the speed and also now you can control the length of your pasta too

  • @davidmoffitt981
    @davidmoffitt981 2 года назад

    I admire the DIY spirit but I'd have sold the machine and gotten that "one step up" one w/ the attachment after the 2nd attempt hahaha - your patience and ingenuity are FANTASTIC!

  • @jonathanfenne4948
    @jonathanfenne4948 2 года назад

    If you move the motor off axis and use a longer blade, say 70mm. It's surface speed will be greater and will improve the shape of your pasta. Great job Alex! Love this series.

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    • @jonathanfenne4948
      @jonathanfenne4948 2 года назад

      @@user-ub7pu5qi2l lol yeah nah.

  • @GavinKohAquascaping
    @GavinKohAquascaping 2 года назад

    Alex, your production is top notch! I can only imagine how many days and weeks it takes to film and edit your videos. Well done and you deserve all the success you've achieved! Hello from Canada!

  • @StefanCatherasoo
    @StefanCatherasoo 2 года назад

    Never cease to amaze!! Great job, Alex!!

  • @ihdieselman
    @ihdieselman 2 года назад

    Alex use a piece of spring steel. Set it at a very shallow angle with some light tension against the surface and very fine edge that has negative relief against the surface of the die.

  • @Razoon31
    @Razoon31 2 года назад

    Hey Alex, thanks for your hard work and dedication you put into your videos.
    It's really enjoyable :)

  • @Necrotoxin44
    @Necrotoxin44 2 года назад

    I really enjoyed watching your iterative design process ^^ Congratulations on a working prototype! Of course, with these things it is good to step away for a while, but I'd certainly enjoying seeing you revisit this!

  • @AndreasBeder
    @AndreasBeder 2 года назад

    Best video for a while, loved every minute

  • @sweethomesoaps4811
    @sweethomesoaps4811 2 года назад

    My favorite episode in the pasta series so far! Thanks, Alex! I needed that laugh!

  • @therealnancycarol
    @therealnancycarol 2 года назад

    Maybe a glass or two of the beverage of your choice, a meal, a long nap. A few days away from pasta and a fresh idea, a new day, you'll feel like a new man! 💕💕💕

  • @Brotmaschine08
    @Brotmaschine08 2 года назад

    This series is probably my favourite piece of content out there at the moment. Including Netflix and the likes.

  • @Ultrazaubererger
    @Ultrazaubererger 2 года назад

    For a cutting blade, try the steel bands they use to strap heavy boxes shut for shipping.
    They are very springy and thin so you can preload them against the die to take out the play.
    Also, increase the angle like they did in the footage you showed in the beginning.
    It should be as close to vertical as possible without having the next pasta be smashed into the back of the blade.

  • @MrJohnMDay
    @MrJohnMDay 2 года назад

    Alex, what about a U shaped holder for a piece of cheese wire, that way the pasta wont catch/stick on the cutter assembly. Or a cutter that moves across the whole of the extruder from one side to the other. Just a knife blade that sweeps across, waits then back again. Cutting both at the same time, rather than one then the other, to keep them uniform in size.

  • @eveydayvegancooking
    @eveydayvegancooking 2 года назад

    I really admire your determination. Truly inspiring! ❤️

  • @rustymetaII
    @rustymetaII 2 года назад

    Dziękujemy.

  • @tylerjbellows
    @tylerjbellows 2 года назад

    I'm picturing a vertical blade windmill type of arrangement. Mount the motor perpendicular to the extruder with an arced blade attached at both ends that will press against the die with a sprung force. A stepper motor could solve your speed and frequency problems. You could also cut from top to bottom that way and gravity would force the cut open, resulting in less deformation.

  • @brianschumaker9048
    @brianschumaker9048 2 года назад

    If you off set the motor instead of centering it on the die the single blade would be more like your knife cutting the pasta. It would also have the advantage slowing the cutting action. Another idea I have is a flat piece of metal with three holes the size of the pasta ,the piece is placed on the die and slide up and down quickly (like with an electromagnet you find in a door bell). It cuts when slide and exposes the other set of holes and then is slide back cutting the other way and the cycle repeats.

  • @clashwithkeen
    @clashwithkeen 2 года назад

    Many comments I think hit the nail on the head. Thinner blade, tighter angle (20 degrees or so) and a brushless stepper motor that stops, then cuts quickly and also cuts linearly.

  • @l0rd18
    @l0rd18 2 года назад +2

    Hey Alex,
    Thank you for creating these videos they are really entertaining and I enjoy watching them.
    I think a guillotine would work better for this particular shape.
    Also a few gears would help with adjusting the speed along with varying the shape of gears to obtain a faster cut when cuting the pasta but slower movement when not needed.
    Can't wait to see what you come up with.

  • @timoheinrich8763
    @timoheinrich8763 2 года назад

    I'm honestly surprised that this worked at all with a contraption that has it's middle point in the middle of the small extrusion area. Respect for that!

  • @Julien-ne4pv
    @Julien-ne4pv 2 года назад

    4:42
    And you have already invented a new pasta! 🌹
    Now the community has the honor
    of giving the new pasta its honorable name!
    Great inventions came from failed attempts.
    Has a whole new meaning for me now!😉

  • @onewhoweeps
    @onewhoweeps 2 года назад

    Way to go Alex you're the bomb of pasta!