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I love making egg, semolina, and wheat pasta at home, but my home pasta maker (a KitchenAid attachment with a roller and two cutter blades) does only basic fettucini and spaghetti shapes plus whatever I cut the sheets to myself. Is it possible using either a by-hand technique or another machine to make elbow pasta or other round shapes at home, or is this something I have to stick to buying?

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You should be able to buy a pasta plate that will get you what you need.
The link is not a recommendation, just am example of what you are looking for.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=pasta+plate+kitchenaid+mixer&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=4706465773577119358&ei=EDtgTIXMBML68AbxyJ3EDQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=image&resnum=4&ved=0CEIQ8gIwAw#

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I googled like crazy for this for asking here and somehow missed this - probably because I was looking at the KitchenAid pasta roller sets and not the grinder attachment. So many attachments... – justkt Aug 9 '10 at 18:43
I know, the world of home pasta is a little confusing to get into, but well worth the effort once you get the basics down. – sarge_smith Aug 9 '10 at 21:53

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