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Carved bas-relief of a Tree of Life with spreading roots, acorns, butterfly and wildflowers inside a round frame
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Tree of Life, Knotwork & Nature Spirituality

Tree of Life Bas-Relief STL with Roots, Acorns and Butterfly

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 7.9 in (203 × 200 mm)
Relief depth
0.63 in (16.1 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 10 min (roughing 1 h 25 min, finishing 4 h 45 min)
Carving size
12 × 11.8 in (305 × 301 mm)
Relief depth
0.95 in (24.1 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 6 h 35 min (roughing 1 h 15 min, finishing 5 h 20 min)
Carving size
18 × 17.8 in (457 × 451 mm)
Relief depth
1.4 in (36.2 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 16 h 5 min (roughing 4 h 5 min, finishing 12 h)
Carving size
24 × 23.7 in (610 × 601 mm)
Relief depth
1.9 in (48.3 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 20 h 20 min (roughing 9 h 40 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
473.75 × 467.25 × 37.53 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.014:1
Carve depth
7.9% of the width
Mesh
2,032,174 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 gnarled oak stands inside a starlit circle, its roots spreading over mossy stones while a single butterfly rests on the branches. There is so much going on here, the acorns, the wildflowers tucked into the lower corners, the little beetle on the rock, that the finished carve almost feels alive. Run it in walnut or cherry and you get that deep, hand-sculpted look people stop and stare at. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean, predictable toolpaths. The depth is layered well, from the raised canopy down into the shadowed clouds and rocky foreground, so your machine reads every twist of root and leaf without muddy detail. It opens and runs nicely in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco and ArtCAM, and it is ready for your CNC router or 3D printer. For a crisp result, hog out the bulk with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then drop in a 3mm ball nose at a 10 percent stepover to pull out the fine bark texture and the delicate flowers. Turn it into framed wall art, a spiritual plaque, a rustic sign, or a one-off gift for the tree lover in your life. This is an instant digital download, so you can be cutting chips within minutes. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve these, sell them at markets and shows, or hand them out as gifts. Download the file, load your software, and let this Tree of Life come out of the wood.
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Customer reviews & carves

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The file is beautiful and worked flawlessly. I milled it from linden wood and the results are truly fantastic. Highly recommended!

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