How to use Basic Cam / Basic Sender (Free CNC Software)- BobsCNC 

I was recently given a new Bob’s CNC and stumbled upon your video when searching for software. Wow, you did a great job on this video! Very informative. I feel like I can at least begin to use the cnc just watching this video. You may have made this video 1 years ago, but it’s still helping people! Thank you!

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Newbie here :-) Fantastic Tutorial , very comprehensive and well explained features… Thanks a million 🙏

Stumbled on the video, very clear and detailed description of software and capabilities.... AWESOME!

You appear to have a ton of followers that appreciate the extra effort that you put into your videos! A video of this caliber requires numerous days of time & effort. We appreciate & enjoy all your effort & videos! Keep up the good work!!!

This is the best video I have seen in explaining the Bobs software. I worked on and taught the tech school for Nuclear Missile Computers and I have to say you are a very good instructor and communicator. Great explanations. Thank you so very much.

Hi! Like your work! Please tell me, what cnc hardver best support this cnc software? Thank you! 🎉

Very extensive and comprehensive! I highly appreciate it.

My 3018 cnc uses a 500w spindle instead of a regular sized router. It has no separate power switch. Can I make the Basic Sender turn on the spindle power?

Excellent job. Thanks for the effort.

Brilliant video as always WoodenCreationz . You're really informative, fair, honest. Keep these helpful videos coming please 👍

By the way, I have watched many cnc tutorials in the last few days. Yours is the very best. I have subscribed, and will come to you for all my cnc needs in the future.

Me Too :-) I found this video very helpful as I have just bought my first CNC - Thanks

Loved this video. Was a big help in finding a free program as well as how to use it. I’m a hobbyist right now with some CNC basic background and using a Genmitsu 3018 to play around with for now. Thanks for the great video.

Can we use someone else g code on my machine if machine dimensions area same?

A well done video. Thank you for not only showing how to create a file but how to actually executed on a real time project.

On my Sender program the Home button is greyed out and non of the controllers are working. My cnc is connected too. Any idea of what it could be? I looked through the code and seems there might be error but i´m not sure.

I founded this channel by coincidence and fell in love. Useful content, good explanations and for a non-native speaker an easy to understand accent. You are great.

Thank you so much for making this so informative. I've recently purchased a Quantum and was a bit lost on the two programs. Subscribed and liked. Much love. Straight to the point and absolutely insightful! Keep up the good work good Sir!

Hi how do I know what my z axis length on my Genmitsu 4040 please

Great tutorials! I am BRAND new to CNC and maybe you can help. I am trying to make a sign where the letters are raised. When I create the pocket cut it ends up wanting to cut everything, including the letters and small graphic. Thanks for the tutorials and thanks in advance if you can give some guidance!

Using Bob's Basic CAM, how can I create a charcuterie board outline?

That was awesome. Thank you for all efforts on this tutorial.

The inability to scale / resize imported SVG's kills it for me.

I stumbled on this, and was like, ok, router software for $350 with some subscription cost, but a bummer that they have you by the coconuts by not allowing local storage. I worked for some CAD CAM companies that are well known now, and the quite expensive certainly is relative! I assume this is router specific or 2d machining related which is understandable to not need complex multiaxis and robot automated M/T centers with virtual environments etc. I guess I am just happy to hear that the under multi-thousand dollar option is a thing, but to not take away negative impressions of the top shelf options out there it is fair to say that the complexity and bandwidth from a small business to aerospace corporation is a very different animal, so not a good comparison. Just thought I'd comment, got thrown off by the "very expensive" comment regarding the 350, lol, 😯.....and I'm not poking fun, just such haven't heard that number in that context with CAM stuff. Believe me, I wouldn't want to push out a few hundered either for any software, and at the least they should not hold your projects hostage to leverage maintenance costs for software. That seems criminal to me. Low blow with that low cost, so I guess in time and intellectual property you are paying much more than a low front. Shame on the guys running a software op with your data held ransom. Geez. Well happy machining and keep up good educational videos!

Thanks for the videos! I'm just getting started and your insights are indispensable! I'm using BasicCAM with a MacBook Air. For some reason I can't figure out how to select a shape and "Drag" it around the workspace. When I try to drag it just rotates the 3D view rather than sliding the shape to another location. I have a trackball mouse (from my AutoCAD days) and have tried every key combo I can think of. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Near end of your video on bit change. What happens if the new bit is longer then the Z- 0 position?

Brother I just want a simple 21 inch circle cutout and I cannot get it to let me create a tool path any suggestions

never had luck with this software, it's just utter crap. FreeCAD and Blender CAM are harder to use, but way more powerful and free

Thank you

i swear i follow your direction and cant manage to get the text to show on the grid. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

When I hit the generate G code button a tool path does not appear, Any idea why?

Have 2 questions if I can ask here? First, how, if possible, to engrave a word with a single pass of the v bit. The engraving is always following 2 lines which leaves "wood" in between the engraved lines. Hope this makes since. I would like to engrave words where the bit follows a single line. Second question, how to slow the trave speed of the spindle. I feel my spindle is moving too fast for the engraving. The engraving is fast causing it to be loud and vibrates the machine. Thank you for your time.

I appreciate the tutorial. What does the geometry merge Y/N do or mean when cutting pockets?

in basic cam is there anyway to copy and paste an imported image vector multiple times to cut out more than one project at a time for creating batches?

dope!

Big thanks to you for this video. You made my day with a couple little things you showed here that made the light come on.

Great vid 👍 I'm curious, could I use this without sender? And use saved G-Code file, save USB a s on a machine with pendant control? A friend has a machine like it and we would like a simple CAM software.

Thank you, love it...new to cnc world, one question in BOB cnc, how can i do a "inverse pocket"...( remove the outside keeping a geometric shape island? thanks

Best instruction video that I have seen

Love all your videos and content! So glad to have found your channel! :)

i recently built a desktop cnc machine. everything was fine until i started designing the shapes and converting it gcode. this is when all hell broke lose for me. i was so confused what software i should use. your video cleared all smoke that my machine was making.. thanks a ton. hoping to learn much from you

Great video! What happens if the Gcode doesn’t calculate? I sat for almost an hour and no codes came up.

Would be great if Bob added an auto-level probe function to the software. So if you have an uneven board the software can take care of that after probing

Do you have a video on cutting out letters? I am not finding how to tell in Bobs Cam to cut the inside of like an O...out I got it to cut the outside of the letters but not the inside. I need the letters to be free from the main wood.

Was there a reason the file you imported into sender was a Vcarve file?

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Awesome, thank you.👌👌

As always superb, thanks.

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Wish I had seen this earlier. It’s a great help! Now how to use Bode Editing mode…..

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