This guide provides information to enable coordinators to direct learning activities for students using an individualized study guide on operating a lathe. The study material is designed for students enrolled in cooperative part-time training and employed, or desiring to be employed, as lathe operators. Contents include a sample progress chart, suggested teaching procedures for the coordinators, answers to assignment sheets, answers to a unit test, a sheet with the study guide objective and specific objectives, 12 information sheets, 18 assignment sheets, and an eight-part unit test. The information sheets cover these topics: introduction to lathe operations, basic hand and power tools, headstock accessories, carriage accessories, tailstock accessories and other accessories, terms and definitions, basic lathe operations, things to consider when running speeds and feeds, knurling, tool post grinding, filing and polishing, and cleaning and lubricating the lathe. (YLB)