There is the nice little purring whir it makes when everything right in the world.

Then there is the slapping noise of tape coming loose.

And finally the gut wrenching noise of the cylinder banging around because you didn't quite get lined up and secured properly.

A drum scanner is deceptively simple to use, but unlike a flat bed when you screw something up, you just ruin the scan.

The drum scanner wet mounts easy enough. Just use plenty of tape though. But there are so many ways to screw it up using a drum scanner and damage you drum scanner, one needs to be laser focused on the task at hand, less you end up with 10000 dollars worth of paper weight.