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Carved bas-relief of a honey bee resting on a blooming purple crocus flower with golden stamens
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Honey Bee on Crocus Bas-Relief STL for CNC and 3D Printing

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
7.9 × 8 in (201 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.82 in (20.8 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 45 min)
Carving size
11.9 × 12 in (302 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.2 in (31.3 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 6 h 55 min (roughing 1 h 35 min, finishing 5 h 20 min)
Carving size
17.8 × 18 in (453 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.8 in (46.9 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 20 min, finishing 12 h 5 min)
Carving size
23.8 × 24 in (604 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.5 in (62.5 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 20 min (roughing 12 h 35 min, finishing 10 h 45 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
480.75 × 485 × 49.73 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.991:1
Carve depth
10.3% of the width
Mesh
2,031,110 triangles · 96.9 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 single honey bee settles onto an open crocus, its furry thorax and striped body caught mid-pause among soft purple petals. The wings fan out thin and veined, the golden stamens curl up to meet it, and the whole scene reads like one quiet morning in early spring. Finish this carve in walnut or maple and people will lean in close just to be sure it isn't real. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean cutting. The petal layers give you real depth and shadow, while the bee's wings and fuzz hold their crispness even at the finishing pass. It has been tested and is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it runs well on a CNC router or a 3D printer. For the best result, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the fine wing veins and petal ridges. Use it for spring wall art, botanical plaques, garden signs, or a small keepsake panel that frames up beautifully. This one is an instant digital download, so you can have it on the machine within minutes. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve it, sell the finished pieces at markets or online, or give it as a gift to the beekeeper or gardener in your life. Download it today and put a chisel to it.
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