Martello pneumatico
A compressed-air-powered hammer used to drive chisels rapidly in stone carving, from roughing through controlled finishing.
Tools
Smerigliatrice angolare
A powered angle grinder used in marble carving with abrasive or diamond discs for cutting, flattening, shaping, and finishing broad surfaces.
Trapano a violino
A traditional bow-driven stone drill in which a cord wrapped around the drill shaft is moved back and forth with a bow, rotating the cutting point.
Filo diamantato manuale
A manually guided diamond-wire cutting method used in marble work to make controlled cuts through stone.
Frullino
A common Italian workshop term for a small powered grinder, typically an angle grinder, used with cutting, grinding, or abrasive attachments in stone carving.
Contornatrice
A contour-cutting machine used in stone workshops to follow profiles and remove material around the outline of a form.
Punciotto
A traditional steel plug-and-feather splitting set used to detach marble during roughing by driving a tapered wedge between two shaped metal feathers placed in drilled holes.
Randa
A long measuring rod with adjustable pointed metal ends, used when distances between sculptural reference points exceed the practical reach of a compass.
Sassofono
A workshop nickname for a polishing grinder whose shape protects angular areas of marble while carrying abrasive and cloth polishing attachments.
Stampetta
A long round-section steel tool with a rosette-shaped point, worked by percussion and rotation to excavate holes and small depressions in stone.