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Carved wood bas-relief of a Tree of Life with a full leafy canopy, twisting trunk, and deep exposed roots
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Tree of Life Bas-Relief STL with Spreading Roots and Canopy

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5.8 × 8 in (148 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.72 in (18.3 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 40 min (roughing 1 h 10 min, finishing 3 h 30 min)
Carving size
8.7 × 12 in (221 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.1 in (27.5 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 55 min (roughing 1 h, finishing 3 h 55 min)
Carving size
13.1 × 18 in (332 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.6 in (41.2 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 12 h 15 min (roughing 3 h 25 min, finishing 8 h 50 min)
Carving size
17.4 × 24 in (443 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.2 in (55 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 (roughing 8 h 5 min, finishing 7 h 55 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
465.38 × 640.53 × 57.78 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.727:1
Carve depth
12.4% of the width
Mesh
2,030,150 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

An ancient tree stands rooted and full, its canopy spilling outward in waves of leaves while a tangle of roots grips the earth below. Carve this one and you end up with a panel that looks alive, light catching the fine foliage up top and pooling in the deep shadows of the trunk. It is the kind of piece people stop and touch. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for serious carving. The model holds clean toolpaths from the delicate leaf clusters down to the bold, twisting roots, so you get crisp transitions and honest depth instead of mush. It drops straight into Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, or ArtCAM and runs well on any CNC router. For a clean result, hog out the waste with a 6mm end mill at a 40 percent stepover, then come back and finish with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the leaf texture and the grain detail in the bark. Run it in walnut, oak, maple, or basswood and the layered canopy and exposed roots really come to life. Great for statement wall art, framed panels, mantel pieces, housewarming and wedding gifts, or a showcase carve that proves what your machine can do. This is an instant digital download, so you can start cutting today. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve it, sell the finished pieces, or give one as a gift that actually means something. Add it to your library and put it on the spindle this week.
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