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Bas-relief wood carving of Jesus with crown of thorns blended into a lion's face and mane, Lion of Judah design.
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Jesus and Lion of Judah Fused Face Bas-Relief STL Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5.4 × 8 in (136 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
1 in (25.8 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 4 h 50 min (roughing 1 h 35 min, finishing 3 h 15 min)
Carving size
8.1 × 12 in (205 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.5 in (38.8 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 5 h (roughing 1 h 20 min, finishing 3 h 40 min)
Carving size
12.1 × 18 in (307 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
2.3 in (58.2 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 12 h 40 min (roughing 4 h 30 min, finishing 8 h 10 min)
Carving size
16.1 × 24 in (409 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
3.1 in (77.5 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 17 h 50 min (roughing 10 h 35 min, finishing 7 h 15 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
323.25 × 481.75 × 61.28 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.671:1
Carve depth
19% of the width
Mesh
2,027,046 triangles · 96.7 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

Look closely and the face shifts. On one side, Christ with the crown of thorns, eyes lowered in quiet strength. On the other, the mane and gaze of a lion. The two halves meet down the center and become one. Carved into warm wood, this piece carries the weight of the Lion of Judah, gentle and fierce at the same time. It is the kind of plaque that stops people in a hallway. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean cutting. The depth is generous through the mane and beard, so shadows fall naturally and the fur texture reads from across a room. It has been set up for CNC routers running Aspire, VCarve Pro, ArtCAM, and Carveco, and it works just as well sliced for a 3D printer or run as a height map on a laser engraver. For the best surface, 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 thorns, the flowing hair, and every strand of the lion's mane. Run it in walnut, maple, or basswood and finish with oil to deepen those tones. It makes striking wall art, church and chapel decor, prayer room panels, and faith-based gifts. This is an instant digital download, so you can have it on the machine today. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve it, sell the finished pieces at shows or online, and gift them to the people who matter. Add it to your collection and start cutting.
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