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Wood-carved bas-relief of a cowboy on a motorcycle riding through a desert with cactus and a mesa.
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Cowboy & Western

Cowboy Biker Riding Through Desert Mesa 3D Relief STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
6 × 8 in (152 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.86 in (21.9 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 5 h 5 min (roughing 1 h 30 min, finishing 3 h 35 min)
Carving size
9 × 12 in (227 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1.3 in (32.9 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 5 h 20 min (roughing 1 h 15 min, finishing 4 h 5 min)
Carving size
13.4 × 18 in (341 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.9 in (49.3 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 13 h 20 min (roughing 4 h 10 min, finishing 9 h 5 min)
Carving size
17.9 × 24 in (455 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2.6 in (65.8 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 18 h 5 min (roughing 10 h, finishing 8 h 5 min)
Carving size
11.5 × 15.4 in (291 × 390 mm)
Relief depth
1.7 in (42.1 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 9 h 15 min (roughing 2 h 35 min, finishing 6 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
291.2 × 390.2 × 42.09 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.746:1
Carve depth
14.5% of the width
Mesh
2,027,254 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

A lone rider in a cowboy hat leans into the throttle, the open desert stretching out ahead of him. Saguaro cactus, dry brush, and a flat-topped mesa fill the horizon while the motorcycle's back tire rolls right toward you. Carve this one and you can almost feel the heat coming off the sand. It has that quiet, wide-open freedom that any biker or western fan understands the second they see it. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean cutting. The sculpt holds real depth, from the layered folds of the cowboy's jacket to the chunky tread on the motorcycle tire and the fine engraved texture in the desert brush. It runs smoothly in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and the toolpaths come off tidy on a CNC router. You can also size it down for a 3D printer or run it as a depth-style piece on a laser engraver. For best results rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then drop to a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover for the finishing pass to pull out all that crisp detail. Hardwood, MDF, or a glued-up panel all carve beautifully here. Think garage signs, man cave wall art, a rustic western plaque, or a standout Father's Day gift for the rider in your life. The file downloads instantly, so you can be cutting tonight. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve it, sell your finished pieces at shows or online, and gift them to friends. Add it to your cart and put a little desert highway on the wall.
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