This guide, the second in a series of five machine shop curriculum manuals, was designed for use in machine shop courses in Oklahoma. The purpose of the manual is to equip students with basic knowledge and skills that will enable them to enter the machine trade at the machine-operator level. The curriculum is designed so that it can be used in full-time secondary and postsecondary classes as well as part-time adult classes. The manual includes four instructional units covering the following topics: shapers, introduction to lathes, engine lathe operations, and turret lathe operations. All of the units follow a standardized format that includes performance objectives, suggested activities for the teacher, information sheets, assignment sheets, job sheets, transparency masters, tests, and answers to tests and assignment sheets. All of the unit components focus on measurable and observable learning outcomes, and assignment sheets as well as job sheets are directly related to the lesson and provide for practice with pencil, paper, and actual hands-on jobs using the machinery of the trade. (KC)