in order to improve a machine tool for machining a workpiece by a relative movement between the workpiece and a tool , comprising a first receiving device for the workpiece or the tool , a compound slide system with a second receiving device for the tool or the workpiece and comprising a drive device for moving the second receiving device in relation to the first receiving device , which drive device acts at at least two spaced - apart points of application by at least three drive struts extending parallel to at least two different directions and each with a pivot joint , and with which drive device the at least two points of application can be positioned by means of the at least three drive struts , in such a way that exact positioning of the second slide element can be achieved by structural measures , it is proposed that four drive struts of invariant length , each with a pivot joint , act on the slide element , each of which struts is pivotally connected to a guiding slide , which is guided in a linearly movable manner transversely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the respective drive struts , and a maximum of two of which drive struts run parallel to one another .