# Does Tom Kuhn Sleep Machine require Turbo Discs?

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**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-tom-kuhn-sleep-machine-require-turbo-discs/317383 "2020-03-28T18:03:17Z")\
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If you are OK with physical cuts on the inside of the yo-yo, this works REALLY well … shockingly well, and takes only a reasonble knife, it isn’t difficult to do. You basically end up with low-end wood starburst response:

> [@The mystery of wooden fixed axle response](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-mystery-of-wooden-fixed-axle-response/297507/25):
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> Definitely liking the starburst cuts. I went over it again with the knife to make them a tad deeper. [IMG\_8163] Note that after you make the second round of cuts, use a beater string as depending on how the cuts go, it may wear through the string as it flattens the wood back out. I didn’t have this effect on the first round of cuts, but get a beater string ready if you go this route to break it in a bit. I do feel this stabilized the response, made it much more consistent. You can tell there’…

I favor it for the wood yo-yos that aren’t reversible since you’re never gonna convert them from butterfly to imperial, etc. Or padoga lol.

But obviously it is permanent, turbo discs are not.

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