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Carved bas-relief of a drake wood duck floating on rippled water beside cattail reeds, in wood
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Wood Duck on Still Water Bas-Relief STL Carving

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
8 × 5.6 in (203 × 142 mm)
Relief depth
0.59 in (15.1 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 4 h 20 min (roughing 55 min, finishing 3 h 25 min)
Carving size
12 × 8.4 in (305 × 214 mm)
Relief depth
0.89 in (22.6 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 4 h 35 min (roughing 50 min, finishing 3 h 50 min)
Carving size
18 × 12.6 in (457 × 320 mm)
Relief depth
1.3 in (33.9 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 11 h 15 min (roughing 2 h 45 min, finishing 8 h 35 min)
Carving size
24 × 16.8 in (610 × 427 mm)
Relief depth
1.8 in (45.2 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 14 h (roughing 6 h 25 min, finishing 7 h 35 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
588.22 × 412.3 × 43.61 mm
Shape
landscape, 1.427:1
Carve depth
7.4% of the width
Mesh
2,023,102 triangles · 96.5 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 drake wood duck drifts through calm water, his head turned just enough to catch the light on those iridescent feathers. Behind him, broken cattail reeds lean into the carved background. There is real character in this one, the kind of piece that stops people mid-step when it hangs on a cabin wall. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for clean machining. The feather work holds crisp definition through the chest, the wing barring, and that proud crested head, while the rippling water reads with genuine depth and shadow. It is tested and ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, ArtCAM, and Carveco, and it runs just as nicely on a 3D printer or as a height-map for laser relief work. For the best surface, rough it out with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent to pull out the fine barbs and reeds. Scale it up for a statement plaque or keep it modest for a framed panel. Wall art, signs, mantel pieces, and gifts all work beautifully here. It downloads instantly, so you can be cutting chips tonight. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve these, finish them, and sell them at shows or online. Hunters, lake house folks, and anyone who loves waterfowl will reach for this one. Add it to your library, fire up the router, and let this wood duck come to life in real timber.
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Customer reviews & carves

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