I dream of owning a professional fondant sheeter to ease the work of rolling fondant. But being a home based decorator I wonder if it is worth the investment. Would love to hear from those of you who purchased it if you would recommend it.
Thank you in advance for your comments and suggestions 
forgive my ignorance. I have never heard of this, where will I find it?
Rolling out fondant gives my shoulders out. I can't justify a sheeter for myself because I rarely cover cakes in fondant. But I would give my eye teeth for a wider pasta roller.
I often wonder why they do not make on for home bakers that would be more affordable.
I wonder too why they don't make one that's a little more affordable for home bakers. I cover a lot of cakes with fondant and I have broken my wrist a few times so now I'm starting to get arthritis in it 
it's starting to get really hard to roll out fondant, especially for big cakes. I woule LOVE LOVE LOVE a fondant sheeter!! But, like many other bakers, it's just too expensive and not in our budget any time soon...
This is one of my dreams but I don't do enough fondant to justify it however. A while back here on CC someone posted a link to this company
http://www.baileypottery.com/slabrollers/drd2.htm
It's called a slab roller. The person who posted that they used it, placed the fondant between parchment before running through the rollers.
These are much much cheaper than a sheeter.
This is the 'domestic' model, it costs $2,500 plus shipping, it rolls fondant up to 20" wide. I has settings for different thickness like a pasta machine does.
I would love to hear from anyone who has bought one if they would say it was a worthy investment. Rolling fondant not only kills my arms, hands, wrists, but it also takes up a lot of time that could be used decorating instead.
I too wonder why they don't make a more affordable machine for us the home bakers.
Anhone? 
Does anyone know if a pizza dough sheeter would also roll out fondant? My BIL owns a pizza shop, has a pizza dough sheeter, and I'm really curious as to whether it would work for fondant too. I'm not sure he'd be willing to let me experiment, especially if it's a very expensive piece of equipment!
Does anyone know if a pizza dough sheeter would also roll out fondant? My BIL owns a pizza shop, has a pizza dough sheeter, and I'm really curious as to whether it would work for fondant too. I'm not sure he'd be willing to let me experiment, especially if it's a very expensive piece of equipment!
Hand him a ball of fondant and ask if he would run it thru the pizza sheeter. Something tells me they are the same thing just used for different mediums.
Here is a link some of you might be interested in reading.
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-587060.html
@Renee, thank you very much for the info, it does look interesting, however that Slab Roller looks like it requires a lot of space and perhaps maintenance too. It certainly is a cheaper option though.
@Spooky, I used the pizza dough roller once. First it took hours to get it clean enough then it did work, but the result was not good
I still have my sight on that Somerset Fondant Roller...
I noticed on some of the cake shows that they put their fondant through on a mat. I'm wondering if using something like The Mat which puts mats on both sides of the fondant would work? At least you would be protected from the pizza icky. The slab rollers are a good size but they make a junior. The sheeters I've seen on TV are huge
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