Machine tool, in particular lathe

Machine tool comprising:

• a machine frame having an upper tool carrier support portion, a lower tool carrier support portion and a spindle carrier portion arranged between the upper and lower tool carrier support portions,
• a spindle carrier, being arranged on the spindle carrier portion of the machine frame or at a height of the spindle carrier portion of the machine frame, supporting a main spindle configured to receive a workpiece, the main spindle having a horizontally arranged spindle axis,
• one or more tool carriers, each tool carrier being supported on a tool carrier assembly being arranged on either the upper tool carrier support portion or the lower tool carrier support portion of the machine frame,
• wherein
• a lower side-surface of the lower tool carrier support portion, to which the one or more tool carriers are mountable, is inclined at an overhanging inclination angle with respect to a work floor on which the machine frame stands, such that the lower side-surface to which the one or more tool carriers are mountable faces towards the work floor.