On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:59:41 -0800 (PST), deadgoose wrote:

> You can get a pasta extruder and accessories that fit on the power
> takeoff of a Kitchen Aide mixer.

I should have mentioned that the Kitchen Aide mixer takes up too much space
for the MIXING (which is the easy part of the job) for a kitchen appliance.

So it's out of the picture from the get go only because of its design.

The Trebs Comfortcook looked good; but it was 220 volts (from the
Netherlands).

The Italian Lello 2730 3000 seems reasonable after reading the reviews.
It's loud, and it is slow, and it isn't autoamtic by all accounts though.

I'm still researching the various two types:
a) Supposedly automatic (mixes, augers, extrudes)
b) Manual (with motors) (only seems to extrude)