HONING MACHINE

A honing machine (100) for honing a bore in a workpiece comprises a support structure (120) fixed to the machine, and at least one honing unit (130) which is mounted on the support structure. The honing unit has a main support (160) which can be mounted fixedly with respect to the support structure and a spindle unit (150) which is supported by the main support and in which a spindle shaft is rotatably mounted, wherein the spindle shaft is rotatable about a spindle axis by means of a rotary drive and, at a tool-side end (153), has a device for the fastening of a honing tool. Furthermore, a linear guide system which is arranged between the main support (160) and the spindle unit (150) for guiding a linear stroke movement of the spindle unit (150) relative to the main support (160) and a stroke drive for generating the stroke movement of the spindle unit (150) are provided. The main support (160) is attached to the support structure (120) in such a manner that a workpiece-close end (166) of the main support lies at a distance above a spindle-facing limit of a workpiece height range. The spindle unit (150) is attached with respect to the linear guide system in such a manner that, in a workpiece-close end position of a stroke movement, the tool-side end (153) of the spindle shaft lies closer to the workpiece height range than the workpiece-near end (166) of the main support (160).