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Bas-relief wood carving of a front-facing horse head with a long flowing mane in a framed border.
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Windswept Stallion Horse Head Bas-Relief STL for CNC and 3D Print

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
4.9 × 8 in (126 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.70 in (17.9 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 4 h (roughing 1 h, finishing 3 h)
Carving size
7.4 × 12 in (189 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.1 in (26.8 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 4 h 10 min (roughing 50 min, finishing 3 h 20 min)
Carving size
11.1 × 18 in (283 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.6 in (40.2 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 10 h 25 min (roughing 2 h 50 min, finishing 7 h 35 min)
Carving size
14.8 × 24 in (377 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.1 in (53.6 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 13 h 25 min (roughing 6 h 45 min, finishing 6 h 40 min)
Carving size
15.9 × 25.7 in (404 × 653 mm)
Relief depth
2.3 in (57.4 mm)
Board thickness
3 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 16 h (roughing 8 h 15 min, finishing 7 h 40 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
404.15 × 653.26 × 57.4 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.619:1
Carve depth
14.2% of the width
Mesh
2,029,862 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 proud stallion stares straight out at you, his mane caught mid-toss like the wind just rolled across an open pasture. Carve this one and the whole panel comes alive: every strand of hair, the soft muzzle, the calm strength in those eyes. It is the kind of piece that stops people in a hallway and makes them reach out to touch it. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL of a front-facing horse head set inside a chiseled border, with a deep recessed background that throws real shadow and pushes the face forward. The flowing mane is the heart of it, layered strand over strand so the finished carve reads with motion and depth. Toolpaths run clean and predictable. The file is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it cuts well on a CNC router or prints sharp on a 3D printer. For best results, rough the shape with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at a tight 10 percent stepover to pull out the fine hair and muzzle whiskers. Run it in hardwood for wall art, ranch signs, barn decor, equestrian room pieces, or a standout gift for the horse lover in your life. This is an instant digital download, so you can be carving tonight. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to sell what you make at shows, in your shop, or to custom clients. Add it to your library, load it up, and let this stallion gallop off your machine.
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