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Carved bas-relief of a fuzzy bumblebee hanging beneath a blue bluebell flower on a textured wood panel
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Fuzzy Bumblebee Sheltering Under a Bluebell Bas-Relief STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
7.8 × 8 in (199 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.58 in (14.8 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 (roughing 1 h 20 min, finishing 4 h 45 min)
Carving size
11.8 × 12 in (299 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
0.88 in (22.3 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 25 min (roughing 1 h 5 min, finishing 5 h 20 min)
Carving size
17.6 × 18 in (448 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.3 in (33.4 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 15 h 40 min (roughing 3 h 45 min, finishing 11 h 55 min)
Carving size
23.5 × 24 in (597 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
1.8 in (44.5 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 19 h 30 min (roughing 8 h 50 min, finishing 10 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
485.25 × 495.21 × 36.17 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.98:1
Carve depth
7.5% of the width
Mesh
2,032,158 triangles · 96.9 MB

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 chubby little bumblebee clings to its flower stem and tips a bluebell over like an umbrella, big eyes wide and hopeful. There is something instantly charming about this one. Carve it and you get all that soft fuzz, the curl of the petals, and a cheeky character that pulls a smile out of anyone who walks past it on the wall. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean cutting. The bee's fur reads as fine layered texture, the bluebell hangs with real depth, and the carved-look background gives the whole panel a hand-tooled feel without flattening out under the bit. It runs nicely in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it is ready for your CNC router or a 3D printer. For the cleanest result, rough the shape with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at a 10 percent stepover to pull out the fuzz and the petal veins. Hardwoods like walnut, maple, and cherry suit the rustic charm, though it cuts well in basswood and pine too. Think nursery art, garden plaques, cottage signs, or a small gift for the bee lover and gardener in your life. The file downloads instantly, so you can be cutting today. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve these, sell them at your markets, and gift them to whoever needs a bit of garden whimsy. Add it to your cart and put this little bee to work.
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