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Carved wood relief of the Good Shepherd carrying a lamb on his shoulders, holding a staff on a rocky path
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Good Shepherd Carrying a Lamb Bas-Relief STL Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 8 in (203 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.80 in (20.3 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 6 h 40 min (roughing 1 h 50 min, finishing 4 h 50 min)
Carving size
12 × 12 in (305 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.2 in (30.4 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 7 h (roughing 1 h 35 min, finishing 5 h 25 min)
Carving size
18 × 18 in (457 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.8 in (45.6 mm)
Board thickness
2.5 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 17 h 25 min (roughing 5 h 15 min, finishing 12 h 10 min)
Carving size
24 × 24 in (610 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.4 in (60.8 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 23 h 10 min (roughing 12 h 20 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
465 × 465 × 46.39 mm
Shape
square, 1:1
Carve depth
10% of the width
Mesh
2,029,758 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 weary shepherd walks a rocky path with a lamb resting across his shoulders, his staff steady in one hand. It is the oldest picture of mercy in the book, the one who goes after the one that wandered off. Carve this and you end up with a piece that stops people mid-sentence, the kind of panel that earns a quiet spot on a wall and stays there for years. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL with a lot going on in the best way. You get the deep folds of the robe, the texture of the lamb's wool, the broken twigs and scattered stones, and a hill country that recedes into real background depth. The layered scene gives your machine plenty to bite into, so the toolpaths read clean and the shadows fall right once it is off the table. It is tested and ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM, and Fusion 360, and it runs well on a CNC router, a laser engraver, or a resin or FDM 3D printer. For the cleanest result, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at a 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the faces, the wool, and the fine brush. Walnut, maple, and basswood all flatter this one. Think church decor, prayer room panels, baptism and confirmation gifts, or a centerpiece for a Christian home. The file is an instant digital download, and commercial use is included, so carve it for yourself, gift it to someone who needs the reminder, or sell the finished pieces at your booth. Add it to your cart and put the shepherd to work.
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