Horizontal machine tool

A horizontal machine tool comprising:

• a tool spindle having a horizontal longitudinal central axis extending in a front-rear direction of the machine tool, the tool spindle configured to drive a tool mounted at a front end thereof;
• a base frame including a base part and a saddle supporting part vertically standing on the base part;
• an X-axis saddle slidably attached to a rear face of the saddle supporting part of the base frame via guide rails of an X-axis movement mechanism so as to be slidable in a left-right direction, the left-right direction being relative to a line of sight along the horizontal longitudinal central axis of the tool spindle, a rearmost face of the saddle supporting part being spaced in the front-rear direction from a rearmost face of the base part;
• a Y-axis saddle slidably attached to the X-axis saddle via a Y-axis movement mechanism so as to be slidable in an up-down direction;
• and
• a spindle device slidably attached to the Y-axis saddle via a Z-axis movement mechanism so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction,
• wherein workpiece support faces for supporting a workpiece are formed on front portions of the base frame.