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Carved wood bas-relief of a sparrow drinking from a rippling puddle with grass and a log
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Sparrow Drinking at a Puddle Bas-Relief STL Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 7.9 in (203 × 200 mm)
Relief depth
0.84 in (21.4 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 40 min (roughing 1 h 55 min, finishing 4 h 45 min)
Carving size
12 × 11.8 in (305 × 301 mm)
Relief depth
1.3 in (32.1 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 7 h (roughing 1 h 35 min, finishing 5 h 20 min)
Carving size
18 × 17.8 in (457 × 451 mm)
Relief depth
1.9 in (48.1 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 17 h 30 min (roughing 5 h 25 min, finishing 12 h)
Carving size
24 × 23.7 in (610 × 601 mm)
Relief depth
2.5 in (64.2 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 23 h 35 min (roughing 12 h 50 min, finishing 10 h 40 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
451.25 × 445.25 × 47.5 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.013:1
Carve depth
10.5% of the width
Mesh
2,029,550 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

A little sparrow leans in to sip from a still puddle, and the surface ripples out in soft rings around its beak. There is something quiet and honest about this scene. Carve it and you get a panel that looks like a held breath, every feather laid in close detail, the bird hunched over the water with grass tufts and a worn log framing the moment. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built to read cleanly under the tools. The plumage carries real depth, from the rust cap on the head down through the streaked back, and the recessed background with its rough carved border throws good shadow so the bird stands forward. The file is tested and ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it runs on a CNC router, a 3D printer, or a laser set up for height-map work. For a clean cut, 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 fine feather lines and water ripples. Scale it down for a coaster-sized keepsake or up for a statement plaque. It suits cabin wall art, garden-themed signs, nature room decor, and gifts for the bird watcher in your life. This is an instant digital download, so the file is yours the moment you check out. Commercial use is included, which means you can carve it, sell the finished pieces at shows or online, or hand one over as a gift that took real skill. Add it to your collection and put it on the machine this week.
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