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Bas-relief wood carving of a big-eyed owl perched on a branch with pink cherry blossoms and leaves.
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Wide-Eyed Owl on a Cherry Blossom Branch Relief STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
7.9 × 8 in (200 × 203 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 6 h 20 min (roughing 1 h 35 min, finishing 4 h 45 min)
Carving size
11.8 × 12 in (300 × 305 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 6 h 40 min (roughing 1 h 20 min, finishing 5 h 20 min)
Carving size
17.7 × 18 in (450 × 457 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 16 h 30 min (roughing 4 h 25 min, finishing 12 h)
Carving size
23.6 × 24 in (600 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.1 in (52.8 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 21 h 15 min (roughing 10 h 35 min, finishing 10 h 40 min)
Carving size
19.4 × 19.7 in (492 × 500 mm)
Relief depth
1.7 in (43.3 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 20 h 10 min (roughing 5 h 50 min, finishing 14 h 20 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
492 × 499.5 × 43.25 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.985:1
Carve depth
8.8% of the width
Mesh
2,031,726 triangles · 96.9 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 little owl with enormous, glassy eyes settles into a bough of pink cherry blossoms, and you can almost feel the hush of an early spring morning. Once this carve comes off the machine, those layered feathers catch the light and the petals seem to drift right out of the wood. It is the kind of piece people stop and touch. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean cutting. The depth is generous, so the owl's soft chest, the spotted crown, and each blossom read with real shadow and dimension. The file is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it runs nicely on a CNC router or a 3D printer. For the best surface, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at a 40 percent stepover, then bring out the fine work with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover. Hardwoods like maple, cherry, or walnut hold the feather detail beautifully, though it carves well in basswood too. Think framed wall art, a nursery piece, a spring plaque, or a standout gift for the owl lover in your life. You get an instant digital download with commercial use included, so carve it for your own walls or cut a batch to sell at your next craft show. Add it to your cart, send it to your machine, and watch this sweet woodland owl take shape in real wood.
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