I am a stone cutter. The machine over all is good. Has a sleek appearance and easy to use. It is price effective as I’ve used another popular high price machine. Noise is about the same as the other and it is a machine and it’s going to make noise. The down side is the light. It should have a longer flexible shaft to direct the light to the wheels. So hopefully the manufacturer will read this and hopefully make adjustments with the lighting. Otherwise just buy an additional light which is what I’ll be doing. You can’t cut cabachons properly without proper lighting. So please change the light.