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Round wood bas-relief carving of a bugling bull elk with large antlers under a full moon and mountains.
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Bugling Bull Elk Round Relief STL with Moonlit Mountain Scene

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 8 in (203 × 202 mm)
Relief depth
0.60 in (15.3 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 10 min (roughing 1 h 20 min, finishing 4 h 50 min)
Carving size
12 × 11.9 in (305 × 303 mm)
Relief depth
0.90 in (22.9 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 35 min (roughing 1 h 10 min, finishing 5 h 25 min)
Carving size
18 × 17.9 in (457 × 455 mm)
Relief depth
1.4 in (34.3 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 5 min (roughing 3 h 55 min, finishing 12 h 10 min)
Carving size
24 × 23.9 in (610 × 607 mm)
Relief depth
1.8 in (45.8 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 5 min (roughing 9 h 15 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
474.75 × 472.5 × 35.66 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.005:1
Carve depth
7.5% of the width
Mesh
2,030,310 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 bull elk throws his head back and bugles under a full moon, antlers sweeping wide while the valley falls away behind him into pine ridges and distant peaks. There is real drama packed into this round panel. Carved in wood, the long fur on his shoulder catches the light, the storm clouds roll soft, and the whole scene reads like a memory from a cold autumn morning in elk country. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean machining. The depth is layered well, so the elk stands proud of the moon and clouds while the foreground brush, the river bend, and that weathered driftwood log near the rim all hold their own shadows. The file is tested and ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM, and Fusion 360, and it runs nicely on a CNC router or a 3D printer. For the best surface, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back and finish with a 3mm ball nose at a tight 10 percent stepover. That second pass is where all the hair texture and antler ridges really wake up. Use it for cabin wall art, a lodge plaque, hunting camp signage, or a standout gift for the elk hunter in your life. Download it the moment you check out and put it on the machine the same day. Commercial use is included, so carve it for yourself, build a batch for a craft show, or sell finished pieces at your shop. Grab this bugling elk relief and give your next project some true wilderness character.
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