The invention relates to an automatic marble pillar machining device and a machining method thereof. The machining device comprises a control device, a base, a travelling mechanism, a rotating mechanism, a pillar carving mechanism, a pillar carving driving and reversing mechanism, a grooving mechanism and a grooving driving and reversing mechanism, wherein the travelling mechanism, the rotating mechanism, the pillar carving mechanism, the pillar carving driving and reversing mechanism, the grooving mechanism and the grooving driving and reversing mechanism are assembled on the base, and the control device is used for controlling the mechanisms to act in sequence. The machining method is characterized in that by the aid of the machining device, under control of the control device, the mechanisms act in sequence, and a stone to be machined and assembled on the rotating mechanism is sequentially carved, grooved and polished to obtain a marble pillar. By the aid of the automatic marble pillar machining device, the stone to be machined can be automatically cut into the polished finished marble pillar, the whole machining process is continuous in action and accurate in plunge-cut position, the machining efficiency of the marble pillar is effectively improved, production cost is effectively reduced, marble pillars with different diameters, lengths, groove numbers and groove line types can be machined, and categories of the marble pillars are rich and varied.