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Carved wood bas-relief of Jesus standing with open arms, surrounded by layered clouds, in a framed panel.
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Christ With Open Arms Bas-Relief STL, Jesus in the Clouds Panel

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This is the 2nd carve I’ve done and again it turned out perfect.
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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
6 × 8 in (154 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.46 in (11.8 mm)
Board thickness
0.75 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 25 min (roughing 50 min, finishing 3 h 40 min)
Carving size
9.1 × 12 in (230 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
0.70 in (17.7 mm)
Board thickness
1 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 4 h 45 min (roughing 40 min, finishing 4 h 5 min)
Carving size
13.6 × 18 in (346 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1 in (26.6 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 11 h 30 min (roughing 2 h 20 min, finishing 9 h 15 min)
Carving size
18.1 × 24 in (461 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
1.4 in (35.4 mm)
Board thickness
1.75 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 13 h 40 min (roughing 5 h 25 min, finishing 8 h 10 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
366 × 484 × 28.11 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.756:1
Carve depth
7.7% of the width
Mesh
2,027,198 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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"worked great on my cnc machine"
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"Cool little piece!! I made it out of walnut and it turned out really nice! I need to figure out how to highlight the straps and such like the picture!"
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About this design

Christ stands with his arms wide open, robes falling in long quiet folds, clouds rolling up around him on either side. There is a stillness to this one. The kind of panel that hangs above an altar or a doorway and stops people for a second when they walk past. Carved in walnut or oak, those draped sleeves and that calm face come alive under raking light. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for real depth. The flowing robe, the layered clouds, and the gentle modeling of the face and hands give you strong shadow lines and a true hand-sculpted feel. The file is tested and ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, ArtCAM, and Carveco, so it drops straight into your usual setup. Run it on a CNC router for finished plaques, drive it through a laser engraver with a height-map workflow, or scale it down for the 3D printer when you want a cast or painted piece. For clean results, rough the relief with a 6mm end mill at forty percent stepover, then bring out the fine folds and facial detail with a 3mm ball nose at ten percent stepover. Hardwood holds the crisp edges best, though it carves nicely in poplar and basswood too. This is an instant digital download, and commercial use is included, so you are free to carve it, sell the finished work, or give it as a gift. Great for church and chapel decor, Christian wall art, prayer rooms, home altars, and Easter or Christmas projects. Add it to your cart, download the STL, and put it on the machine today.
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Customer reviews & carves

★ 5.0 · 3 reviews

Again perfect file, love to work with them

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This is the 2nd carve I’ve done and again it turned out perfect.

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Oh oh my this turned out great I will post some photos after I stain it thank you Jolly great job.

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