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Carved wood relief of a cowboy riding a rearing bucking bronco in the desert with a saguaro cactus and clouds.
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Cowboy & Western

Bucking Bronco and Cowboy Rider 3D Relief STL Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 6.9 in (203 × 174 mm)
Relief depth
0.68 in (17.2 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 5 h 25 min (roughing 1 h 20 min, finishing 4 h 10 min)
Carving size
12 × 10.3 in (305 × 261 mm)
Relief depth
1 in (25.7 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 5 h 45 min (roughing 1 h 5 min, finishing 4 h 40 min)
Carving size
18 × 15.4 in (457 × 392 mm)
Relief depth
1.5 in (38.6 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 14 h 15 min (roughing 3 h 45 min, finishing 10 h 25 min)
Carving size
24 × 20.6 in (610 × 522 mm)
Relief depth
2 in (51.5 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 18 h 15 min (roughing 8 h 55 min, finishing 9 h 15 min)
Carving size
9.5 × 8.2 in (242 × 207 mm)
Relief depth
0.81 in (20.5 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 8 h 5 min (roughing 2 h 15 min, finishing 5 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
242.2 × 207.44 × 20.45 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.168:1
Carve depth
8.4% of the width
Mesh
2,026,318 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

Dust kicking up, a wild horse reared back on its hind legs, and a cowboy hanging on with everything he's got. This piece freezes that split second of the ride, the moment before the bronco lands. Carve it and you can almost hear the snort and the leather creaking. A saguaro stands off in the desert behind them, framed by rolling clouds that give the whole scene real depth. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean machining. The muscle definition on the horse, the fringe on the chaps, the texture in the dust, all of it reads sharp once the finish pass runs. It's tested and ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it works on a CNC router, a laser engraver running a heightmap, or a 3D printer for display panels. For the best 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 grain and the flowing mane. Scale it to whatever your stock allows. Think western wall art, ranch signs, rodeo trophies, man cave pieces, or a standout gift for someone who lives the cowboy life. This is an instant digital download, so you can be cutting today. Commercial use is included, which means you're free to carve these, sell them at shows, and build a product line around the design. Add it to your cart, send it to your machine, and let the wild west do the rest.
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