This student learning guide contains eight modules for completing a course in machine shop. It is designed especially for use in Palm Beach County, Florida. Each module covers one task, and consists of a purpose, performance objective, enabling objectives, learning activities and resources, information sheets, student self-check with answer key, performance test, instructional resources, and knowledge test. The eight modules cover the following topics: filing; using a vertical band saw; operating a Bridgeport J-Head; performing hand grinding with a drill; counterboring, countersinking, and spotfacing using drills; using a three-jaw chuck in operating a lathe; using the knurling technique in lathe work; and performing taper turning by the offset method on a lathe. (KC)