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Bas-relief carving of a lion's face blended with a praying Jesus in a crown of thorns over a cross and three hills
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Lion of Judah and Praying Jesus Cross Bas-Relief STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5 × 8 in (128 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.68 in (17.4 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 (roughing 1 h, finishing 3 h)
Carving size
7.6 × 12 in (192 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1 in (26.1 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 4 h 15 min (roughing 50 min, finishing 3 h 25 min)
Carving size
11.4 × 18 in (288 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.5 in (39.1 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 10 h 30 min (roughing 2 h 50 min, finishing 7 h 40 min)
Carving size
15.1 × 24 in (384 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.1 in (52.1 mm)
Board thickness
2.5 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 13 h 30 min (roughing 6 h 40 min, finishing 6 h 50 min)
Carving size
5.8 × 9.2 in (147 × 233 mm)
Relief depth
0.78 in (19.9 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 5 h 30 min (roughing 1 h 30 min, finishing 4 h)

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
147.04 × 233.18 × 19.93 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.631:1
Carve depth
13.6% of the width
Mesh
1,523,246 triangles · 72.6 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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"Excellent file. Carved on chestnut oak"
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About this design

A lion's mane flows into the face of a praying Christ, the crown of thorns resting low while three crosses rise on the hill below. It reads as strength and surrender in the same frame, the Lion of Judah standing watch over a moment of prayer. Carved into oak or walnut, this one stops people in the hallway and holds them there. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL, sculpted deep enough to throw real shadow across the mane, the folded hands, and the grain of the cross. The layered depth gives your toolpaths something to bite into, so the lion's fur and the soft modeling of the face both come through clean. It is built and tested for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it runs just as well on a 3D printer or through a heightmap workflow on a laser engraver. For a CNC router, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then bring up the fine detail with a 3mm ball nose at a 10 percent stepover. Scale it to whatever you need, from a small devotional plaque to a full wall panel. Think church displays, prayer room art, memorial pieces, and gifts that mean something. The file downloads instantly after checkout, and commercial use is included, so you are free to carve it, sell the finished pieces at shows, or make a one-off gift for someone who needs it. Add it to your cart and put this one on the bench.
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Customer reviews & carves

★ 5.0 · 5 reviews

Great file for CNC router

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Very high quality STL file

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Very detailed carving. This tuned out amazing. This is just one of many I’ve bought from this shop. They are all amazing carvings.

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excelente trabalho! imprime muito bem! Comprarei mais com certeza

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Great project, Easy to carve

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