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Bas-relief wood carving of an alligator resting on a muddy swamp bank with rippling water behind it
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Basking Alligator Bas-Relief STL, Swamp Wildlife Carving Panel

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5.3 × 8 in (134 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.98 in (24.8 mm)
Board thickness
1.25 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 30 min, finishing 3 h 10 min)
Carving size
7.9 × 12 in (201 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.5 in (37.2 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 4 h 50 min (roughing 1 h 15 min, finishing 3 h 35 min)
Carving size
11.9 × 18 in (302 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
2.2 in (55.8 mm)
Board thickness
2.5 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 15 min (roughing 4 h 15 min, finishing 8 h 5 min)
Carving size
15.8 × 24 in (402 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.9 in (74.4 mm)
Board thickness
3.5 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 17 h 10 min (roughing 10 h, finishing 7 h 10 min)
Carving size
6.7 × 10.1 in (170 × 258 mm)
Relief depth
1.2 in (31.5 mm)
Board thickness
1.5 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 3 h 20 min (roughing 45 min, finishing 2 h 35 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
169.99 × 257.62 × 31.45 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.66:1
Carve depth
18.5% of the width
Mesh
2,027,926 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

A big bull gator stretched out on the mud bank, every scute and ridge catching the light, water rippling in the background. This is the kind of carve that stops people mid-stride and makes them reach out to touch the scales. There is real menace in the jaw and a calm patience in the eyes, and once it comes off your machine in oak or walnut, it looks ready to slide back into the swamp. What you get is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean cutting. The depth reads beautifully, from the armored back and powerful tail down to the cracked mud and reeds under his belly. The file is tested and ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM, and Fusion 360, and it runs well on a CNC router, a laser engraver, or a 3D printer. For the sharpest result, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at a 40 percent stepover, then bring out the fine scale texture using a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover. Scale it to a small plaque or a full statement panel and the detail holds. Think cabin and lodge wall art, hunting and fishing room decor, carved signs, and gifts for anyone who loves reptiles and wild places. This is an instant digital download with commercial use included, so you can carve it for yourself, build a batch for craft shows, or take custom orders without a second thought. Add it to your cart, send it to your machine, and let the gator come to life in wood.
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Customer reviews & carves

★ 5.0 · 4 reviews

Very very very good product

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Great file. Looking forward to creating project.

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High quality file, detail is spot on. Turned out better than I could have imagined.

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Great cut on oak or cherry

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