Automatic lathe

A multispindle automatic lathe comprising a stand, a rotatable spindle drum supported thereby and further supporting a plurality of spindles and indexable in stepwise rotation from one working station to the next for carrying out a number or machining operations by means of tools associated with said spindle drum, a support opposite the stand and carrying machining means capable of carrying out machining operations additional to those performed with the tools associated with the spindle drum, said machining means receiving workpieces from the spindle drum from a transfer device operatively feeding the same and being disposed outside of a zone occupied by said tools and comprising a workpiece carrier disposed coaxially with the axis of the spindle drum and rotatable in synchronism with same.