TO ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE AS FRUSTRATED AS I WAS TO FIND A MACHINE THAT IS REASONABLY PRICED AND WILL MAKE NUT BUTTERS AS GOOD AS THE  $1600 STORE TYPE MACHINES, DON'T GIVE UP!! THERE IS HOPE!! ---YOUR ANSWER IS "THE CHAMPION BRAND JUICER" WHICH ALSO IS A HOMOGENIZER. I JUST GOT MY MACHINE  FOR AROUND $210 AND IT MAKES ALMOND BUTTER BETTER ( I THINK) THAN THE $1600 MACHINE AT THE STORE!!! NOT TO MENTION THAT THIS MACHINE IS RESPECTED TO BE THE BEST JUICER IN THE WORLD. YOUR BEST DEALS ON THESE MACHINES ARE RIGHT HERE ON EBAY WITH SOME DEALERS OFFERING  THEM AS NEW. I PURCHASED MINE FOR ABOUT $60 CHEAPER THAN MY LOCAL MEGA-STORE PRICE. IF YOU DO BUY A USED ONE MAKE SURE IT HAS THE PART CALLED THE "BLANK" INCLUDED OR IT WILL NOT HOMOGENIZE. BUT IF NEEDED ONE IS AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM CHAMPION FOR LESS THAN $5. ALSO THIS MACHINE HAS BEEN  MADE IN THE USA FOR 50 YEARS. TO MAKE ALMOND BUTTER THE ALMONDS WILL HOMOGENIZE BETTER IF ROASTED.YOU CAN TRY RAW ALMONDS BUT THE BUTTER WILL BE VERY DRY AND PASTY. ALMONDS ARE VERY EASY TO ROAST, ON A COOKIE SHEET WITH ALMONDS SINGLE LAYER( NOT PILED UP). SET OVEN TO 350 DEGREES AND ROAST FOR 15 TO 18 MINS. AFTER THE 15 MINUTE POINT THE ALMONDS ROAST VERY FAST AND ARE EASILY BURNED. THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU LEAVE THEM IN AFTER 15 MINS WILL GREATLY AFFECT THE TASTE. FOR A MORE TOASTY FLAVOR YOU WILL GO A LITTLE OVER,.BUT I HAVE GONE  OVER 18 MINS. AND ALMOST BURNED THEM. LET THE ALMONDS COOL A LITTLE BEFORE GRINDING.  AFTER I MAKE THE BUTTER I LIKE TO STIR IN A LITTLE HONEY. YOU CAN BUY BULK ALMONDS AT SAMS CLUB FOR $4.00 A POUND P.S. I NOTICED NOW EBAY HAS SOME OTHER P-NUT BUTTER  MACHINES AVAILABLE THAT MAYBE GOOD BUT YOU STILL CANT GO WRONG WITH THE CHAMPION