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Carved wood bas-relief of a bear cub hugging a textured tree trunk with leaves and stones at the base
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Bear Cub Hugging a Tree Bas-Relief STL for CNC Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5.9 × 8 in (150 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.47 in (12 mm)
Board thickness
0.75 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 20 min (roughing 50 min, finishing 3 h 35 min)
Carving size
8.8 × 12 in (225 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
0.71 in (18 mm)
Board thickness
1 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 40 min (roughing 40 min, finishing 4 h)
Carving size
13.3 × 18 in (337 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.1 in (27 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 11 h 15 min (roughing 2 h 15 min, finishing 9 h)
Carving size
17.7 × 24 in (449 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
1.4 in (36.1 mm)
Board thickness
1.75 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 25 min (roughing 5 h 25 min, finishing 8 h)

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
351.75 × 477.25 × 28.23 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.737:1
Carve depth
8% of the width
Mesh
2,026,838 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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"Cool little piece!! I made it out of walnut and it turned out really nice! I need to figure out how to highlight the straps and such like the picture!"
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About this design

A young bear cub wraps its paws around a weathered tree trunk, peeking out at you with that soft, curious face only a cub has. The bark splits and curls under its claws, moss clings to the grooves, and a scatter of leaves and stones rounds out the base. Carved in walnut or cherry, this one reads like a quiet moment in the forest you can hang on a wall. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean cutting. The fur lifts in real layers, the bark grain has actual depth, and the toolpaths drop in without a fight. It runs in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM, and Fusion 360, and it carves beautifully on a CNC router or prints sharp on an FDM or resin 3D printer. For the cleanest result, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose finishing pass at 10 percent stepover to pull out the fur and bark detail. Make it into a wall plaque, a cabin sign, nursery decor, or a keepsake gift for the bear lover in your life. You get an instant digital download and full commercial use, so carve it for yourself or sell every piece you make. Add it to your cart, send it to your machine, and let this little cub charm everyone who walks past it.
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