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Bas-relief carving of a Native American chief in feathered headdress with an eagle, horseback warriors, bison and mountains.
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Native American Chief and Eagle Bas-Relief STL Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5.2 × 8 in (133 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.37 in (9.3 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 3 h 40 min (roughing 35 min, finishing 3 h 10 min)
Carving size
7.9 × 12 in (199 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
0.55 in (13.9 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 (roughing 30 min, finishing 3 h 35 min)
Carving size
11.8 × 18 in (299 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
0.82 in (20.9 mm)
Board thickness
1.25 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 9 h 35 min (roughing 1 h 35 min, finishing 8 h)
Carving size
15.7 × 24 in (399 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
1.1 in (27.9 mm)
Board thickness
1.5 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 10 h 50 min (roughing 3 h 40 min, finishing 7 h 5 min)
Carving size
22.8 × 34.8 in (578 × 883 mm)
Relief depth
1.6 in (40.4 mm)
Board thickness
2 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 26 h 10 min (roughing 11 h 15 min, finishing 14 h 55 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
577.92 × 883.42 × 40.4 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.654:1
Carve depth
7% of the width
Mesh
2,030,182 triangles · 96.8 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

An old chief stands in full headdress, feathers cascading past his shoulders, while a giant eagle rises behind him with mountains and storm clouds at his back. Below, warriors ride out across the plains beside bison, a turtle, and a coiled rattlesnake in the grass. It is the kind of scene that stops people in a room. Carve it once and you will understand why people keep asking who made it. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL with real sculpting depth and clean layered separation between the portrait, the eagle's feathers, the riders, and the recessed landscape. The braided border and woven detail finish the panel like a framed piece. Open it in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, or ArtCAM, set your toolpaths, and run it on a CNC router. For a clean result, hog out the waste with a 6mm end mill at a 40 percent stepover, then bring up all that texture in the feathers and weathered face with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover. Adjust depth of cut to suit your machine and your timber. It makes a commanding wall panel, a lodge or cabin centerpiece, a ranch sign, or a heirloom gift for anyone drawn to Western and Native heritage art. You get an instant digital download with commercial use included, so carve it for yourself, build a batch for your booth, or hand one over as a gift that lasts. Add it to your cart and you can have toolpaths running tonight.
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