Methodical instructions are written in accordance with the State educational standards of professional education in the direction of training of certified specialists 657800 - Design and technological support of machine-building industries , specialty 120100 - "Technology of mechanical engineering" and 120200 - "Metalworking machines and complexes" and on the basis of the Sample discipline program "Cutting tool", the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 12. 11. 2001. The first part of the collection includes three laboratory works devoted to the study of modern designs of metal-cutting tools, features of forming cutting parts and determining the accuracy of tools. The collection was prepared at the department "Metal Cutting Machines and Tools"