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Carved wood relief of a smiling Jesus wearing a crown of thorns with flowing hair, beard, and robe
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Smiling Jesus Relief with Crown of Thorns STL Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5.2 × 8 in (132 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.56 in (14.2 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 (roughing 50 min, finishing 3 h 10 min)
Carving size
7.8 × 12 in (198 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
0.84 in (21.3 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 4 h 15 min (roughing 40 min, finishing 3 h 30 min)
Carving size
11.7 × 18 in (297 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.3 in (32 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 10 h 15 min (roughing 2 h 20 min, finishing 7 h 55 min)
Carving size
15.6 × 24 in (396 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
1.7 in (42.6 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 12 h 40 min (roughing 5 h 35 min, finishing 7 h 5 min)
Carving size
17.4 × 26.7 in (441 × 679 mm)
Relief depth
1.9 in (47.5 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 16 h 30 min (roughing 7 h 45 min, finishing 8 h 45 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
440.83 × 678.99 × 47.47 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.649:1
Carve depth
10.8% of the width
Mesh
2,030,366 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

Most carvings of Christ wear sorrow. This one smiles. The face here is warm and open, eyes bright, a real joy coming through the beard and the long flowing hair, with the crown of thorns resting above it all. Finished in walnut or oak, this piece feels like grace you can hang on a wall. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean machining. The depth is layered well, from the deep robe folds and the woven crown down to the fine strands of hair and the soft modeling around the eyes and smile, so your toolpaths read every shadow. The file is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM, and Fusion 360, and it cuts on a CNC router or prints on a 3D printer. For a clean result, rough the shape with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at a tight 10 percent stepover to pull out the facial detail and the texture in the beard. Carve it as a Christian wall plaque, a church or prayer room piece, an Easter gift, or a centerpiece for a faith-based home. It works in hardwoods, in plastics, in painted MDF. The download is instant, so you can be cutting today. Commercial use is included, which means you can carve it for yourself, give it as a gift, or sell the finished pieces at your booth or shop. Add it to your collection and let this smiling Christ become one of your best sellers.
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