Table of contents Preface 2 Equipment and tools 3 Micrometers and their use 6 Heat treating 9 Drawing hardness range 13 The drill press 14 Counter boring, countersinking and spot facing 18 Boring holes 20 Holding drills 22 Taps 23 Tapping 26 The lathe 27 Cutting tools and tool holders 30 Drilling with a lathe 35 Producing tapers 38 Turning steel 41 Making a keyway cutter tutotial 42 Thread dies 46 Thread cutting in a lathe 48 Drilling deep holes 51 Drilling with a lathe 52 Taper turning attachment 57 Holding and rotating the work piece 59 Thread cutting 63 Milling machines 69 Holding the work piece on the table 73 Cutting speed, feed, and depth of cut 75 Attachments for milling machines 77 Reamers 80 Holding the work piece 82 Indexing 84 Locating holes 87 Making cutting tools 89 Making the reamer or cutting tool 91 Keyway cutter 92 Arbor-mounting milling cutters 98