The book is a good introduction to setting up a small machine tool.  Types of cutters and work hold down techniques are covered in good detail.  Their is also sections on accessories and how to use them.  The fact that this book was written first for an English audience and primarily uses metric units is a little distracting but the quality of the content makes up for this slight negative.  I would have liked to have seen more examples of how to perform common machine tool task but overall the book was worth the cost.