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Round wood relief carving of a bighorn ram standing on rocks with snowy mountain peaks behind him
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Bighorn Ram in the High Country Round Relief STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 8 in (203 × 202 mm)
Relief depth
0.65 in (16.6 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 6 h 20 min (roughing 1 h 30 min, finishing 4 h 50 min)
Carving size
12 × 12 in (305 × 304 mm)
Relief depth
0.98 in (24.9 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 6 h 40 min (roughing 1 h 15 min, finishing 5 h 25 min)
Carving size
18 × 17.9 in (457 × 456 mm)
Relief depth
1.5 in (37.4 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 16 h 25 min (roughing 4 h 15 min, finishing 12 h 10 min)
Carving size
24 × 23.9 in (610 × 607 mm)
Relief depth
2 in (49.8 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 20 h 55 min (roughing 10 h 5 min, finishing 10 h 50 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
482.5 × 480.75 × 39.45 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.004:1
Carve depth
8.2% of the width
Mesh
2,030,822 triangles · 96.8 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 bighorn ram stands his ground on a rocky slope, horns curled tight against his head, snow-dusted peaks fading into the distance behind him. There is real weight in the way he holds the frame. Carve this one in walnut or maple and you get that quiet, watchful stare every time you walk past it. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for a round panel, and the depth does a lot of the heavy lifting. The ram sits forward off a layered mountain background, with clouds, scattered grass tufts, and broken rock all reading clearly once the toolpaths run. The model is tested and ready in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it scales cleanly to whatever blank you have on the bench. For the cleanest result, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then drop down to a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover for the finish pass and let the fine wool texture and horn ridges come through. It runs just as well on a CNC router in hardwood, MDF, or acrylic, and it slices nicely for a 3D printer if you want a lighter display piece. Think cabin wall plaques, lodge signs, hunting room decor, and gifts for the mountain crowd. This is an instant digital download, so the STL is yours the moment you check out. Commercial use is included, which means you can carve it, sell the finished pieces at shows or online, and gift them to the hunters and hikers in your life. Add it to your cart and put this ram to work.
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