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Round wood relief carving of a cowboy resting by a campfire with his saddled horse and a mountain river behind a pine tree.
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Cowboy & Western

Cowboy Resting by the Campfire With His Horse Relief STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 7.9 in (203 × 201 mm)
Relief depth
0.56 in (14.3 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 6 h 5 min (roughing 1 h 15 min, finishing 4 h 45 min)
Carving size
12 × 11.9 in (305 × 301 mm)
Relief depth
0.85 in (21.5 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 25 min (roughing 1 h 5 min, finishing 5 h 20 min)
Carving size
18 × 17.8 in (457 × 452 mm)
Relief depth
1.3 in (32.3 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 15 h 45 min (roughing 3 h 40 min, finishing 12 h 5 min)
Carving size
24 × 23.7 in (610 × 603 mm)
Relief depth
1.7 in (43 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 19 h 20 min (roughing 8 h 40 min, finishing 10 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
454.5 × 449.5 × 32.09 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.011:1
Carve depth
7.1% of the width
Mesh
2,028,926 triangles · 96.7 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

The day is winding down. A cowboy sits back against his bedroll, coffee in hand, boots crossed, watching a river wind through the mountains while his saddled horse waits behind him and a small fire crackles at his feet. Carve this one and you can almost smell the woodsmoke. It is the kind of quiet Western moment that makes people stop and look twice on a wall. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built inside a round frame, packed with texture from the pine boughs and snowcapped peaks to the worn leather of the saddle and the cowboy's hat. The depth is what sells it, with the figure and the foreground sitting proud while the river and distant ridgeline fall away into soft layers. It runs clean in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and the toolpaths come off smooth on a CNC router or a 3D printer. For the best result, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then bring out the fine work with a 3mm ball nose at a 10 percent stepover. That two-pass approach keeps the horse's mane, the fire, and the bark detail crisp. Walnut, maple, or cherry all carve beautifully here, and the round border makes finishing simple. Think cabin and lodge decor, ranch signs, a centerpiece for a Western themed room, or a handmade gift for the horseman or campfire lover in your life. It is an instant digital download with commercial use included, so carve it for yourself, stock your booth, or sell finished pieces from your shop. Download it, load your toolpaths, and let the chips fly.
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