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Carved wood relief of a smiling pitbull with paws forming a heart inside a rustic frame
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Smiling Pitbull Making Heart Hands Bas-Relief STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
7.3 × 8 in (186 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.91 in (23 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 6 h 20 min (roughing 1 h 55 min, finishing 4 h 25 min)
Carving size
11 × 12 in (279 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.4 in (34.6 mm)
Board thickness
1.75 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 35 min (roughing 1 h 35 min, finishing 5 h)
Carving size
16.5 × 18 in (419 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
2 in (51.8 mm)
Board thickness
2.5 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 16 h 35 min (roughing 5 h 25 min, finishing 11 h 10 min)
Carving size
22 × 24 in (558 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.7 in (69.1 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 22 h 50 min (roughing 12 h 50 min, finishing 9 h 55 min)
Carving size
14.1 × 15.4 in (359 × 392 mm)
Relief depth
1.8 in (44.5 mm)
Board thickness
2.5 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 11 h 40 min (roughing 3 h 25 min, finishing 8 h 15 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
359.25 × 392.25 × 44.48 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.916:1
Carve depth
12.4% of the width
Mesh
2,024,614 triangles · 96.5 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 big goofy pitbull grin, ears soft and relaxed, two paws pressed together into a heart right under that happy face. This is the kind of carve that stops dog people in their tracks. You can almost feel the warmth coming off it, and once it is cut into walnut or oak and the grain catches the light, those expressive eyes really come alive. Under the hood it is a high-detail bas-relief STL, sculpted with the fur, the wrinkled brow, and the folded paws all reading at real carving depth. The toolpaths run clean, with smooth transitions between the raised face and the chiseled background frame so you do not fight your machine. It is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it runs nicely on a CNC router or a 3D printer. For best results, rough it with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the fur and the fine detail around the eyes and nose. Hardwood gives you the richest contrast, but it carves beautifully in soft maple or pine too. Think pet memorial plaques, dog-lover wall art, rescue and shelter signs, or a one-of-a-kind gift for the bully breed fan in your life. This is an instant digital download, so you can have it on the machine tonight. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve these, stack them on your table, and sell them at shows or online. Add it to your cart, cut your first one, and watch how fast pitbull people reach for their wallets.
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