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Quad bike trail shadow box SVG

A rider on a quad bike on a mountain trail with the helmet above the far peaks, a pine ridge behind, the sun over the range, tall pines on both sides of the track and ferns and grass at the front. 6 sheets of card, cut and stacked with a gap between each, make the picture. The files are free, and every part of the scene can be moved, swapped or resized below before you download.

Quad bike trail shadow box: 6 layered sheets seen from the front

Download the SVG files

6 sheets at 8 × 8 in, zipped, with a note on putting them together.

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The 6 sheets

Sheet 1 is the back and sheet 6 is the front. Each one is a single piece with the same frame round its edge, so they line up when stacked. The colours shown are the “Sunset” set; cut them in any card you like. Cut sheet 3, “Pine ridge”, the slowest: at 0.8 mm it has the thinnest part in the scene, and sheet 6, “Ferns”, fills the most of the view, 26% of it.

Sheet	What is on it	Narrowest part	Seen from the front
1. Sun	A whole sheet with holes for: Plain disc	over 2 mm	26%
2. Far peaks	A mountain range	over 2 mm	5%
3. Pine ridge	Rolling ground, with: Pine forest on a hill, Three pine trees and Simple pine tree	0.8 mm	8%
4. Rider on the trail	Rolling ground, with: ATV silhouette with a rider	2 mm	18%
5. Pines	Rolling ground, with: Tall pine tree and Evergreen tree with even boughs	over 2 mm	13%
6. Ferns	A gentle slope, with: Fern silhouette, Bunch of grass and Grass silhouette	0.9 mm	26%

Measured from the files at 8 × 8 in. The narrowest part is the thinnest neck of card that holds anything on; sharp tips are not counted. “Seen from the front” is the share of the picture that sheet fills once the sheets in front of it are in place.

Will it cut at your size?

The download is 8 × 8 in. The scene maker above makes the same scene at any of these sizes; the thinnest part scales with it.

Frame opening	Each sheet	Narrowest part	Depth needed	Fits a 12 × 12 in mat	Rule of thumb
6 × 6 in	152.4 × 152.4 mm	0.6 mm	20 mm	Yes	Fine detail: sharp blade, slow speed
20 × 20 cm	200 × 200 mm	0.8 mm	20 mm	Yes	Fine detail: sharp blade, slow speed
8 × 8 in	203.2 × 203.2 mm	0.8 mm	20 mm	Yes	Fine detail: sharp blade, slow speed
23 × 23 cm	230 × 230 mm	0.9 mm	20 mm	Yes	Fine detail: sharp blade, slow speed
25 × 25 cm	250 × 250 mm	1 mm	20 mm	Yes	Fine detail: sharp blade, slow speed

Depth needed allows 3 mm of foam between sheets and 5 mm for the card itself and the backing.

Making this one

The rider and the quad bike are one sturdy part, 2 mm or more at 8 inches, and they stand on the ridge with the helmet against the sky. The far pines on the third sheet are the finest cutting, at about 0.8 mm, and the fern at the front comes next at 0.9 mm. Nothing hangs on a thread.

Cut all 6 sheets from 160 to 220 gsm card at the same size.
Lay them out in order, sheet 1 at the back.
Put strips of 3 mm foam tape round the border of sheet 1 and press sheet 2 onto it with the edges level. Carry on to sheet 6.
Fit the stack into a deep frame with the front sheet against the glass. For a light box, run a strip of warm white LEDs round the inside of the frame behind the stack.

The zip includes these steps as a text file, each sheet as its own SVG and all 6 side by side in one SVG. More on paper, frames and lights is on the shadow box page.

The parts, on their own

Everything in the scene comes from the free SVG library, where each has its own page and file:

Questions

Can I show the quad bike without a rider?

Yes. Select it in the maker and choose Swap: a quad bike parked, with no rider, is under Vehicles.

Can the rider face the other way?

Yes. Select the rider in the maker and choose Flip. The quad bike stays on its ground line.

Can I sell boxes I make with it?

Yes. Finished pieces are yours to sell. The files themselves may not be sold or shared; send people to this page. See the licence.

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