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Carved wood bas-relief of an ancient oak tree of life with dense leafy canopy and twisting roots
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Ancient Oak Tree of Life Bas-Relief STL for CNC Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
6 × 8 in (154 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.59 in (15 mm)
Board thickness
1 in or thicker
Rough with
1/8 in end mill, 40% stepover
Finish with
1/16 in tapered ball nose, 10% stepover
Estimated carve time
about 4 h 40 min (roughing 1 h, finishing 3 h 40 min)
Carving size
9.1 × 12 in (230 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
0.89 in (22.5 mm)
Board thickness
1.25 in or thicker
Rough with
1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
Finish with
1/8 in ball nose, 10% stepover
Estimated carve time
about 5 h (roughing 50 min, finishing 4 h 5 min)
Carving size
13.6 × 18 in (346 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.3 in (33.7 mm)
Board thickness
1.75 in or thicker
Rough with
1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
Finish with
1/8 in ball nose, 10% stepover
Estimated carve time
about 12 h 10 min (roughing 2 h 55 min, finishing 9 h 15 min)
Carving size
18.1 × 24 in (461 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
1.8 in (45 mm)
Board thickness
2.5 in or thicker
Rough with
1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
Finish with
1/4 in ball nose (1/8 in for the finest detail, about twice as long), 10% stepover
Estimated carve time
about 15 h 5 min (roughing 6 h 55 min, finishing 8 h 10 min)

Estimates for a mid-size hobby machine (Shapeoko, X-Carve, Onefinity class). Scaling all three axes together keeps the depth in proportion; for thinner stock scale Z on its own. Hardwoods with fine grain (cherry, hard maple, walnut, basswood) hold this detail best. Check your exact setup in Will it cut, free, nothing uploaded.

How we estimate carve time

Finishing is one raster pass over the whole carving with the ball nose shown, at 10% stepover and half of a 1,800 mm/min (71 in/min) feed. Roughing assumes about 45% of the block above the base is waste, cleared with the end mill shown at 40% stepover and 3 mm per pass (1.5 mm for the 1/8 in end mill) at the full feed. The model leaves out acceleration, tool changes and moves between passes, so a real job usually takes somewhat longer. Times are rounded to 5 minutes.

File format
STL only decimated high-quality mesh, binary STL
Model size as supplied
373 × 493.25 × 36.39 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.756:1
Carve depth
9.8% of the width
Mesh
2,027,718 triangles · 96.7 MB
Base
flat and sitting at zero, ready to machine

Opens directly in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM and Fusion 360, and in any slicer for 3D printing. For a laser, the relief is first turned into a greyscale depth image, which our Laser Studio app does from this STL. STL only, no OBJ or DXF: the DXF files used in CNC work hold 2D outlines, not the 3D relief surface. Scale it to whatever panel you are cutting. Scaling all three axes together keeps the depth in proportion; scale Z on its own for a shallower carve. How to open it in your software.

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About this design

Picture a broad old oak standing alone, its canopy spread wide and its roots gripping the earth. Every cluster of leaves catches the light, and the trunk splits into a tangle of branches that throw deep shadow across the panel. This is the kind of carve people stop and touch, the sort of piece that anchors a wall and starts a conversation. What you get is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean machining and real depth. The dense foliage and layered branches read crisp at almost any size, from a small plaque to a full wall panel. It is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, ArtCAM, and Carveco, and it runs well on a CNC router. You can also drop it into a 3D printer for cast or painted display pieces, or run it on a laser engraver using a height-map workflow. For the cleanest result on the router, rough the shape with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back and finish with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the fine leaf detail and bark texture. Hardwoods like walnut, maple, and oak make the shadows pop, but it carves nicely in pine too. This is an instant digital download, and commercial use is included, so carve it for your home, sell finished pieces at your booth, or make it a gift someone keeps for years. Cabin walls, farmhouse signs, meditation rooms, and woodland decor all suit this tree. Download it, load your toolpaths, and put the chips on the floor.
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