Machine tool

A machine tool comprising:

• a spindle head;
• a spindle rotatably supported on the spindle head;
• a tool attachable to the spindle;
• a chuck unit provided to a tip of the spindle and configured to chuck the tool when the tool has been inserted in the chuck unit along a direction of a longitudinal center axis of the spindle;
• a tool holder configured to hold the tool attached to the chuck unit;
• a holder transfer mechanism configured to move the tool holder to a reachable position at which the tool holder is reachable by the spindle;
• and
• a support mechanism configured to support the tool holder on the holder transfer mechanism, wherein
• the support mechanism comprises a displacement following mechanism configured to support the tool holder on the holder transfer mechanism in a manner such that the tool holder is capable of displacement relative to the holder transfer mechanism in a first direction that is transverse relative to a longitudinal center axis of the tool, and in a second direction that is transverse relative to the longitudinal center axis of the tool and that is also transverse relative to the first direction,
• wherein the displacement following mechanism comprises a member having a first elastically deformable leg elastically deformable in the first direction, the member further having a second elastically deformable leg at an opposite end of the member from the first elastically deformable leg, the second elastically deformable leg being elastically deformable in the second direction.