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Carved relief of a dog paw resting in a human hand with the words I will love you forever in a heart.
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I Will Love You Forever Dog Paw and Hand Memorial STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 7.9 in (203 × 200 mm)
Relief depth
0.85 in (21.5 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 55 min, finishing 4 h 45 min)
Carving size
12 × 11.8 in (305 × 300 mm)
Relief depth
1.3 in (32.3 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 6 h 55 min (roughing 1 h 35 min, finishing 5 h 20 min)
Carving size
18 × 17.7 in (457 × 450 mm)
Relief depth
1.9 in (48.5 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 30 min (roughing 5 h 25 min, finishing 12 h)
Carving size
24 × 23.6 in (610 × 600 mm)
Relief depth
2.5 in (64.6 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 35 min (roughing 12 h 55 min, finishing 10 h 40 min)
Carving size
7 × 6.9 in (178 × 175 mm)
Relief depth
0.74 in (18.8 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 55 min (roughing 1 h 15 min, finishing 3 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
177.71 × 174.93 × 18.84 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.016:1
Carve depth
10.6% of the width
Mesh
2,023,030 triangles · 96.5 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 dog's paw resting in an open human hand, with the words "I will love you forever" tucked into a little carved heart. Anyone who has lost a dog knows that weight. This one carves into something quiet and honest, the kind of plaque a pet parent keeps on the wall and touches when they pass by. The grain running through the background looks like weathered barn wood, which only makes the moment feel older and truer. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built to hold its texture. The paw fur, the worn lines and tendons across the hand, the lettering inside the heart, all of it reads crisp once you finish it out. The model is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM, and Fusion 360, and it runs clean on a CNC router. You can also bring it into a 3D printer or adapt it for laser work if that is your setup. For carving, rough the shape first with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at a 10 percent stepover to pull out the fur and fine wrinkles. Scale it to a small desktop plaque or a larger framed wall piece. It works in walnut, maple, cherry, or paint-grade hardwood for memorial signs, sympathy gifts, and tribute decor. Instant digital download, so you can have it on the machine within minutes. Commercial use is included, which means you can carve these for your shop and sell them to the families who need them most. Download it, carve it, and give someone a way to keep their best friend close.
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