This thesis has been aimed to study the machinability of three types ductile irons including austempered ductile irons treated with two-stage austenitizing, conventional austempered and as-cast ductile irons. In order to analyze the relationship between the machinability with the structure and properties of the irons, the characteristic of microstructures was analyzed and also the testing of mechanical properties of hardness and toughness was conducted. The results of this research show that: (1) The microstructure of austempered ductile irons treated with a second stage low-temperature austeniting within the upper and lower critical temperatures existed a certain among of pro-eutectoid ferrite grains which precipitated along graphite nodular and or grain boundaries; (2) The austempered ductile irons alloying with Ni and Mo and treated with two-stage austenitizing had a microstructure with larger among of pro-eutectoid ferrite grains, and with mechanical properties softer and tougher; (3) In general, the machinability of austempered ductile irons treated with two-stage austenitizing was better than that of which treated with conventional one-stage process.