Hey Bobby. It makes a lot of burning noise, it's actually quiet, but it doesn't burn worth a darn. I even invested in a computer just for it and no matter what I do I basically get a burnt straight line or a squiggly line like it was trying to etch. I've adjusted just about everything I could find about it, joined an on-line forum and no one could help me with it. It does burn, just no pattern recognition at all. I bought it on Amazon but waited to long to try it and now I can't return it. Might become a paperweight for all I care.