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Carved wood bas-relief of an alligator rising from water with a small bird perched on its head
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Alligator and Perched Bird Bas-Relief STL for CNC Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
4.6 × 8 in (117 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.83 in (21.1 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 3 h 50 min (roughing 1 h 5 min, finishing 2 h 45 min)
Carving size
6.9 × 12 in (175 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.2 in (31.6 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 4 h (roughing 55 min, finishing 3 h 5 min)
Carving size
10.3 × 18 in (262 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.9 in (47.4 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 10 h 5 min (roughing 3 h 5 min, finishing 7 h)
Carving size
13.8 × 24 in (350 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.5 in (63.2 mm)
Board thickness
3 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 13 h 35 min (roughing 7 h 20 min, finishing 6 h 15 min)
Carving size
8.8 × 15.4 in (224 × 390 mm)
Relief depth
1.6 in (40.4 mm)
Board thickness
2 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 7 h (roughing 1 h 55 min, finishing 5 h 5 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
224.11 × 390.37 × 40.44 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.574:1
Carve depth
18% of the width
Mesh
2,024,990 triangles · 96.6 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

An alligator lifts its head from the water, scales catching the light, and a small bird stands calmly on its snout like it owns the swamp. There is real tension in this scene, the predator and the tiny passenger sharing one quiet moment. Carve it and you get that stop-and-look reaction every time, deep shadows pooling in the reptile's plating while the bird's feathers stay crisp and fine. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean toolpaths and honest depth. The layered water ripples, the rugged scales, and the soft texture of the bird all hold up beautifully under a ball nose, and the sculpted wood-grain background gives it that hand-carved plaque feel without any extra work. It runs smoothly in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it is ready for your CNC router, a laser engraver using a height-map workflow, or a 3D printer for display and casting projects. For a reliable result, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the fine feather and scale detail. Scale it up for a bold wall panel or keep it small for a rustic sign, framed art, or a gift for the wildlife lover in your life. This is an instant digital download with commercial use included, so you can carve it for yourself or sell what you make. Add it to your cart, send it to the machine, and watch this swamp scene come up out of the wood.
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