Let me start out by giving some history of this panel from the door at the Baptistry of St. John in Florance, Italy.
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This is Cypress measuring approx. 8" x 8" x .5"
Started out with .25 endmill to get rid of some of the bulk.
The finishing was completed with .0625 ballnose with a 10% step over at .83 IPS.