This book is designed to provide basic technical knowledge about tools, gadgets, instruments and other devices used during the manufacture of workpieces by machining. It also deals with machining operations and their physical principles. It includes the manufacture of workpieces on the machine, with the measuring and testing of these parts with necessary calculations involved.

The book is intended for those who are directly involved with machine tools, but particularly for those connected with the metal trade.

The book primarily covers the theory of manufacture and not the description of the skill itself. More than 1000 line diagrams are included.