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Carved wood relief of a grinning cartoon donkey leaning over a fence with cactus, saddle, and cowboy hat
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Grinning Cowboy Donkey 3D Relief STL for CNC and 3D Printing

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My wife saw the pattern and said it makes her giggle, it cuts well and makes us smile. have shared the cutting with others and a they smile or giggle
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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
7.6 × 8 in (194 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
1.1 in (27.1 mm)
Board thickness
1.5 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 55 min (roughing 2 h 20 min, finishing 4 h 35 min)
Carving size
11.4 × 12 in (291 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.6 in (40.7 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 7 h 10 min (roughing 2 h, finishing 5 h 10 min)
Carving size
17.2 × 18 in (436 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
2.4 in (61 mm)
Board thickness
3 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 18 h 15 min (roughing 6 h 40 min, finishing 11 h 40 min)
Carving size
22.9 × 24 in (582 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
3.2 in (81.4 mm)
Board thickness
3.5 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 26 h 5 min (roughing 15 h 45 min, finishing 10 h 20 min)
Carving size
8.4 × 8.8 in (214 × 224 mm)
Relief depth
1.2 in (30 mm)
Board thickness
1.5 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 45 min (roughing 3 h 10 min, finishing 5 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
214.13 × 224.42 × 29.95 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.954:1
Carve depth
14% of the width
Mesh
2,025,622 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

A wide-eyed donkey leans out of an old corral fence, ears flopped, teeth bared in the silliest grin you ever saw. Behind him sits a cactus desert, a worn saddle, and a little cowboy hat tucked against the rails. Carve this one and people stop, point, and laugh. That is the whole job done before they even read a word. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built from a model that was hand-carved first, then scanned, so the wood grain, knots, and plank texture carry through into your finished piece instead of looking flat and computer-perfect. The depth is generous, the facial features read cleanly, and the toolpaths run smooth without fussy detail that snaps small bits. It is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it runs on a CNC router, a 3D printer (FDM or resin), or a laser setup using a relief workflow. For a clean carve, hog out the waste with a 6mm end mill at forty percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the grin and the grain. Scale it to whatever panel size your project needs. Think barn signs, country kitchen plaques, funny gifts for the animal lover, or a standout piece for the shop wall. You get an instant digital download with commercial use included, so carve it, sell your finished work at the market, or hand it off as a gift that gets a laugh every time. Download it, load it up, and put this stubborn old comedian on the machine today.
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Customer reviews & carves

★ 4.5 · 8 reviews

Used maple, and it worked out well

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Cut great first try, great quality

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Love this design, have to pick the right woo to carve

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einfach toll, sehr detailliert und ich war begeistert von dem gefrästen Bild.

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My wife saw the pattern and said it makes her giggle, it cuts well and makes us smile. have shared the cutting with others and a they smile or giggle

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If I could give zero stars, I would. I bought 4 items at once not knowing that none of the files could be used since they are all shared google drive files that can't be viewed or opened. The files should have been zip files that could be extracted. This person has lots of files that are the same. I wasted about $26.00. Just think how many other people are losing money.

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Perfekt für mein Geschenk an einen Freund.

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Very good artwork, enjoyable to work with.

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