Cuneo
A wedge of hard wood or metal used to split stone by concentrating force along a prepared cut or fracture line.
Tools
Cuneo alettato
A steel plug-and-feather splitting system consisting of a tapered wedge inserted between two semicircular feathers placed in a drilled hole.
Ferrotondo
A round-headed carving chisel with a flat cutting edge and rounded end, especially useful for curved forms and as an intermediate tool on softer stones.
Compressore
A compressor supplies the compressed air that powers pneumatic hammers, turbines, and other air-driven tools in the modern marble workshop.
Carroponte
An overhead traveling crane used in marble workshops to lift, turn, position, and move heavy stone blocks and sculptures.
Lucidatrice
A powered polishing machine used with abrasive and polishing attachments to bring stone surfaces to the desired degree of smoothness and sheen.
Fresa
A rotary cutting tool or milling machine used in stone workshops to remove material, cut profiles, create channels, or machine controlled surfaces.
Filo diamantato
A flexible cutting wire carrying diamond segments or beads, used to saw marble and other stone with relatively narrow kerfs and controlled cuts.
Lama
In an Italian stone workshop, lama refers to the cutting blade used on sawing machinery for reducing or sectioning marble.
Flessibile
A common Italian workshop name for a handheld angle grinder used with cutting, grinding, sanding, and diamond discs in stone carving.