Method for machining, preferably for cutting, workpieces in a machine tool having a motor-driven spindle which has a receptacle attached thereto, wherein the machine tool further comprises: a conveyor magazine in which a plurality of adapters are received; a workpiece storage space in which a plurality of workpieces are received; and a machining table for receiving tools and/or workpieces, wherein the method comprises: guiding the adapters in the conveyor magazine along a predetermined path; feeding workpieces that are stored in the workpiece storage space to a particular adapter and joining each workpiece to a particular adapter such that the workpiece is held by the adapter; further conveying the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby in the conveyor magazine along the predetermined path; transferring the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby from the conveyor magazine to the spindle such that the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby is held by the spindle; machining the workpiece located in the spindle, preferably by moving and rotating the spindle against a tool which is held in a tool holding element on the machining table; releasing the workpiece, after being worked on by the tool held on the machining table, from the adapter and placing the workpiece into a workpiece holding element on the machining table or transferring the workpiece to a downstream station for further machining; transferring the empty adapter from the spindle back into the conveyor magazine; and further conveying the empty adapter in the conveyor magazine along the predetermined path. a conveyor magazine in which a plurality of adapters are received; a workpiece storage space in which a plurality of workpieces are received; and a machining table for receiving tools and/or workpieces, wherein the method comprises: guiding the adapters in the conveyor magazine along a predetermined path; feeding workpieces that are stored in the workpiece storage space to a particular adapter and joining each workpiece to a particular adapter such that the workpiece is held by the adapter; further conveying the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby in the conveyor magazine along the predetermined path; transferring the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby from the conveyor magazine to the spindle such that the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby is held by the spindle; machining the workpiece located in the spindle, preferably by moving and rotating the spindle against a tool which is held in a tool holding element on the machining table; releasing the workpiece, after being worked on by the tool held on the machining table, from the adapter and placing the workpiece into a workpiece holding element on the machining table or transferring the workpiece to a downstream station for further machining; transferring the empty adapter from the spindle back into the conveyor magazine; and further conveying the empty adapter in the conveyor magazine along the predetermined path. guiding the adapters in the conveyor magazine along a predetermined path; feeding workpieces that are stored in the workpiece storage space to a particular adapter and joining each workpiece to a particular adapter such that the workpiece is held by the adapter; further conveying the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby in the conveyor magazine along the predetermined path; transferring the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby from the conveyor magazine to the spindle such that the adapter together with the workpiece held thereby is held by the spindle; machining the workpiece located in the spindle, preferably by moving and rotating the spindle against a tool which is held in a tool holding element on the machining table; releasing the workpiece, after being worked on by the tool held on the machining table, from the adapter and placing the workpiece into a workpiece holding element on the machining table or transferring the workpiece to a downstream station for further machining; transferring the empty adapter from the spindle back into the conveyor magazine; and further conveying the empty adapter in the conveyor magazine along the predetermined path.