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Bas-relief wood carving of a ship anchor wrapped in thick coiled rope on weathered plank background
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Anchor and Coiled Rope Nautical Bas-Relief STL Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5.3 × 8 in (134 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.75 in (19.2 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 4 h 20 min (roughing 1 h 10 min, finishing 3 h 10 min)
Carving size
7.9 × 12 in (201 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.1 in (28.8 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 30 min (roughing 1 h, finishing 3 h 35 min)
Carving size
11.9 × 18 in (301 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.7 in (43.1 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 11 h 15 min (roughing 3 h 15 min, finishing 8 h)
Carving size
15.8 × 24 in (402 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.3 in (57.5 mm)
Board thickness
3 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 14 h 50 min (roughing 7 h 40 min, finishing 7 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
187.5 × 284.55 × 26.84 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.659:1
Carve depth
14.3% of the width
Mesh
2,025,206 triangles · 96.6 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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About this design

An old ship's anchor leaning into a thick coil of rope, the strands frayed at the bitter end, the whole thing sitting on weathered planks like it just came off the dock. Carve this one and you get that salt-air, harbor-town feeling in solid wood. It is the kind of piece that stops people in a coastal cottage or a sailor's study and makes them run a thumb across the rope to feel the twist. What you are getting is a high-detail bas-relief STL with real sculpted depth. The rope reads as actual cordage, every braid raised and separated, and the anchor stock and flukes stand proud of the grained background. Toolpaths come off clean, so the fine fibers in the rope tail and the layered shackle hold their shape without a mess of cleanup. The file is tested and ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it runs well on a CNC router, a resin or FDM 3D printer, or a capable laser. For carving, rough it with a 6mm end mill at forty percent stepover, then drop to a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover for the finish pass. Run it in walnut, oak, maple, or MDF and you have wall art, a nautical sign, a mantel plaque, or a gift for anyone who loves the water. This is an instant digital download with commercial use included, so the door is wide open. Carve it for your own walls, cut a batch for a beach-house craft fair, or sculpt one as a gift for the sailor in your life. Add it to your cart and start cutting today.
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