Abstract: In a feed carriage for holding a workpiece, the carriage being mounted on a housing of a machine equipped with a working tool, and being located to one side of the tool, the carriage including a lower carriage portion and an upper carriage portion mounted for movement on the lower carriage portion, each portion being composed in the form of a light-metal profile, and the upper carriage portion and the lower carriage portion extending far beyond the machine housing in the direction of the length of the carriage, the upper carriage portion is constituted by a one-piece unit and is provided, on the side thereof adjacent the tool, with a closed profile member whose side facing the tool constitutes an outer wall which extends at an angle of approximately 45.degree. with respect to the clamping surface formed by the upper carriage portion.