Carved wood bas-relief of a marlin leaping through ocean waves with a small fish behind it

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Leaping Marlin Bas-Relief STL, Ocean Waves Big Game Fish Carving

Name: Leaping Marlin Bas-Relief STL, Ocean Waves Big Game Fish Carving
Brand: DigitalChiselCo
SKU: 4459783126
Price: 6.39 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

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Carving size: 8 × 5.9 in (203 × 149 mm)
Relief depth: 0.69 in (17.6 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 40 min (roughing 1 h 10 min, finishing 3 h 30 min)

Carving size: 12 × 8.8 in (305 × 224 mm)
Relief depth: 1 in (26.4 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 5 h (roughing 1 h, finishing 4 h)

Carving size: 18 × 13.2 in (457 × 335 mm)
Relief depth: 1.6 in (39.6 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 12 h 15 min (roughing 3 h 20 min, finishing 8 h 55 min)

Carving size: 24 × 17.6 in (610 × 447 mm)
Relief depth: 2.1 in (52.9 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 15 h 50 min (roughing 7 h 55 min, finishing 8 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: 494.5 × 362.75 × 42.88 mm
Shape: landscape, 1.363:1
Carve depth: 8.7% of the width
Mesh: 2,028,454 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

A blue marlin slices forward out of churning water, bill leading the charge, a smaller baitfish darting away in the distance. You can almost feel the spray. Carved in wood, this one reads like a frozen moment from a charter trip, the kind of plaque a fisherman would hang where everyone sees it. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean toolpaths and real depth. The waves, fins, and that long sword bill give you layered shadows that pop once the finish goes on, and the textured ocean field reads beautifully against the smooth body of the fish. It is tested and ready for VCarve Pro, Aspire, ArtCAM, and Carveco, and it runs nicely on a CNC router, a laser engraver set up for height-map work, or a 3D printer for display and casting projects. For a clean carve, hog out the waste with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back and finish with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the fine line work. Scale it up for a statement wall panel or keep it small for a desk piece. Think cabin and coastal decor, boat club signs, man cave art, and gifts for the angler who has everything. Download it the moment you check out and start cutting today. Commercial use is included, so carve it for yourself, build a batch for your booth, or make it a one of a kind gift for a charter captain. The fish are biting.

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