I too received the ice cream maker attachment  as a Christmas gift Dec 2016,  was totally thrilled and have had successful batches of ice cream ..until the fourth batch..the drive assembly skips jolting the unit. I was skeptical about the plastic assembly and for a good reason. Here it is Feb 2017 and the unit is useless. Not only am I disappointed, but my son who worked very hard to be able to afford it as a gift for me. I woukd not recommend this accessory to anyone. 1 star is one too many