This volume contains outlines for 16 courses in machine theory that are designed for machine tool apprentices. Addressed in the individual course outlines are the following topics: basic concepts; lathes; milling machines; drills, saws, and shapers; heat treatment and metallurgy; grinders; quality control; hydraulics and pneumatics; electro-discharge machines; numerical control; dies and their design; eyelets; screw machines; mold construction; bore mills; and jig borers and grinders. Each outline includes a unit objective. Concluding the guide is a list of recommended texts designed to serve as basic course texts or to supplement the basic course texts and brief descriptions of the contents of this series of courses as well as of the contents of two other series of courses--on math and blueprint reading--that are also designed for machine tool apprentices. (MN)