A lathe used for turning long rod class of parts comprises a lathe body, a cutter bar, a cutter bar clamping device, a clamping jaw type lathe center clamping device, a chuck and a motor, wherein the motor, the clamping jaw type lathe center clamping device and the cutter bar clamping device are fixed to the lathe body, and a main shaft of the motor is fixedly connected with the chuck; and the cutter bar clamping device comprises a horizontally arranged base, a cutter bar and a cutter bar sleeve, a positioning block protruding downwards out of the lower surface of the base is embedded in the bottom of the base, the base is fixedly connected with the cutter bar sleeve through a support base, the cutter bar sleeve is of a cylindrical structure, the central line of the cutter bar sleeve is horizontally arranged in the left and right direction, and a cylindrical mounting cavity is arranged in the cutter bar sleeve in the axial direction. The device is high in processing and turning precision, great in stability, low in defective rate and accurate in centering.