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Carved wood relief of the face of Christ with crown of thorns beside a crucifix on a grain panel
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Face of Christ and the Crucifixion Bas-Relief STL Panel

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 7.9 in (203 × 201 mm)
Relief depth
0.82 in (20.7 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 35 min (roughing 1 h 50 min, finishing 4 h 45 min)
Carving size
12 × 11.9 in (305 × 302 mm)
Relief depth
1.2 in (31.1 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
18 × 17.8 in (457 × 453 mm)
Relief depth
1.8 in (46.6 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 20 min (roughing 5 h 15 min, finishing 12 h 5 min)
Carving size
24 × 23.8 in (610 × 604 mm)
Relief depth
2.4 in (62.1 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 15 min (roughing 12 h 30 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
479.25 × 474.5 × 48.85 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.01:1
Carve depth
10.2% of the width
Mesh
2,031,822 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

The weight of the moment is right there in the wood. A sorrowful face of Christ, crowned with thorns, gazes upward while the crucifix stands quiet in the background against a panel of deep, weathered grain. Carve this and you end up with a piece that stops people mid-step. It carries the kind of reverence that belongs over an altar or in a quiet corner of a home. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean, dramatic results. The sculpt holds real depth in the crown of thorns, the strands of beard, and the timber texture behind the cross, so your shadows fall the way they should and the fine work reads sharp. It runs smoothly through Aspire, VCarve Pro, ArtCAM, and Carveco, and it suits a CNC router, a 3D printer, or a laser set up for height-map relief. For a crisp carve, hog out the bulk with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then switch to a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover for the finishing pass. Scale it down for a small plaque or push it large for a church wall panel. It works beautifully as Easter and Good Friday wall art, prayer room decor, or a meaningful Christian gift. The file is an instant digital download, and commercial use is included, so you are free to carve it, sell the finished pieces, or hand them to someone who will treasure them. Add it to your cart and start cutting today.
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