Patent ID: 6843624

Claim:
A machine tool comprising: a bed ( 1 ); a column ( 2 ) fixedly installed on said bed ( 1 ); a rectangular frame first saddle ( 4 ) movably guided by said column ( 2 ) in a vertical direction (f 1 ); a rectangular frame second saddle ( 6 ) movably guided by said first saddle ( 4 ) in a lateral direction (f 2 ) within the range of a width of the first saddle ( 4 ), a width of the second saddle ( 6 ) being smaller than that of the first saddle ( 4 ); and a spindle head ( 8 ) for holding a tool at a front thereof, said spindle head movably guided inside said second saddle ( 6 ) in a longitudinal direction (f 3 ) of the spindlehead, wherein guide route means ( 5 A, 5 B, 5 C) for guiding the second saddle ( 6 ) in the lateral direction (f 2 ) are formed at front upper and lower lateral positions of the first saddle ( 4 ), or are formed at either of the front upper and lower lateral positions of the first saddle ( 4 ), and wherein guide route means for guiding the second saddle ( 6 ) in the lateral direction are also formed at a rear lateral position of the first saddle ( 4 ).