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First, an excellent item. It worked fine right out of the box. Tips I found useful gleaned from these reviews: (this for Maseca masa harina corn tortillas) 1. THE key variable is how dry / wet your dough is. If you are sticking to the plastic sheets, add 2 tblsp of flour and try again. Just tweak it. Too dry? add a tblsp of water and try again. Iterate. 2. use plastic 1 gallon bags cut out, to line the press. No problem here. 3. rest the dough >= 15 min. 4. make balls around the size of a golf ball 5. off set the dough ball 1/3 towards the hinge side before pressing 6. press then turn 180 degrees, press again 7. I used a cast iron skillet turned up to medium-hi, but you just watch it and adjust 8. they really do taste better than store bought. We're hooked. comment: for those who have problems with the sides coming together: take it into your workshop and try to shim it out at the hinge. Fiddle with the elevation of the pin and you may tweak it that 0.5 mm that you need. There prob is a bit of variability in the manufacture, but nothing a dedicated geek can't fix. And try to act all casual when you invite friends over and they get fresh home made tortillas, "oh yeah, we really like this" then change the subject. Your apparent casualness will blow them away more.