Everyone seems to be receiving their kits - any way to find out where mine might be? Ordered on June 23rd, so not first day, but c’mon… ordered the 10w laser same day, and of course neither has arrived.
At least I get the benefit of all of you figuring out the issues before I start… 
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Wait, seriously?
I have one of the garbage “squashed-frog” beds (like @Wyphorn) and was planning on using it for CNC, and the new bed in the quick-swap kit for the 3D printer. Ugh, these guys really piss me off sometimes.
…and you can. Just transfer the threaded insets - they are indeed not needed in the “old” frame anymore if you use it for the milling wasteboard, so after all, not much of a problem.
Oh are the drilled and tapped holes present? I must have missed that while (admittedly) skimming the above coverage. That would make it less bad.
I guess I understood “transferred” in @Wyphorn’s post to mean “drilled and tapped then transferred”
Fortunately the empty holes are ready to take the inserts, all threaded - you just have to screw the insets out of the old frame and into the new frame. 5 minutes work.
Not to worry. I can easily stretch that out to 4-5 weeks with my natural gift for procrastination.
Thanks again for sharing the pattern - I made it 8x8 and tested with my surface, and like in your case I’d say: far from perfect, but if it comes push to shove I guess I’d be able to get a successful full-area print of it with the stock 6x6 calibration run with the DX:
This picture also pains me because it shows what numbers cannot fully convey: How much real estate is lost due to the Quick Swap Kit and the Dual extruder… the blank part at the end of the bed is really hurting me… Well, nothing to be done about it. If I ever need to run a large print, I guess I’ll need to dismantle QSK and DX and use the SX… hope I’ll not need to do this too often 
That’s unexpected. I would think they shifted the bed forward with the new adapter. But they didn’t.
To be honest, I was so excited I didn’t pay attention, to it. Darn it…
I hoped that they would shift the bed, same as you, but realized they did not. My consideration was: How often actually do I really have need for the full dimensions? So far: two times. The majority of my prints are on the smaller side of things. Against: How often do I switch workloads? And I do that relatively often. The the gain from the QSK clearly outweighs the loss for me - and if needed, I can always revert to the Non-QSK configuration, if at the price of much more mount work.
What I’m still mad about is that they put the holes for mounting the DX so high into the housing - a few cm deeper would have been totally OK with the enclosure, and would have avoided loss in Z, which now again doubles with the QSK… In Z, DX+QSK limit you to 27.5 cm 
Is there any chance to tell the Snapmaker that I only installed the Quick Swaps for the toolheads?
(or some G-Code-Tweaks)
If I choose “Quick swap installed” then the automated calibrations fails, because it expects the sensor to detect the board in a coulple of cm to high.
If I choose “not installed” calibration works, but the X-axis is shifted of course, which is not mentionable in 99.9% of the prints, but now I have to do a nearly full size print…
Look at this thread: Maximum Y Position 347mm? - with code like
G90
G0 X0 Y-5
G92 X0 Y0
you can work around any preset origins etc.(values are examples)
If you want the build volume not to be reduced your ONLY option is to manually calibrate when needed
Hi,
Just received the quick Swap kit for my A250 machine (which is one of the first year in production). The kit is NOT plug and play for the 250 version. The delivered frame is for the 350 machine and must be cut or machined to fit between the 250 Z -rails as well as in the length.
The Laser support plate does not fit to my original black aluminum plates. Especially the middle plate has no holes that can be used to fix it to the new support plate. The side plates miss the outer holes to be screwed to the new support.
Probably just my old Laser support is missing the necssary holes, so this review is just for your information. Nevertheless the delivered frame must be cut down to the 250 size. If you don’t have the possibility for drilling and cutting, the kit is partly useless.
All in all the parts seem to be machined nicely and fix the plates and heads without play
Peter
My guess: You received the wrong kit… You received one for A350. Contact Support!
The print on the box reads 250/350 Quick Swap Kit.
Fortunately the 350 support frame can be cut at its edges to fit into the 250 machine.
In any case the holes in the laser support rails are missing.
For those who have the same problem: The hole distances are not metric, but in inches!
4" (101,8mm) in height (Y-direction) symmetric to the middle rail extents and 2 13/16" (71,6mm) in X-direction on the outer support rails measured from the existing holes.
Best Peter
There are definitely two kits for the different models. Anyone having the same problem: I personally would reach out to Snapmaker and check if the delivery was correct. Here’s what you find on the shop page:
It shows that you even get a new laser grid element.
There are definitive different frames. I bought for both devices and the frames differ. Look for my picture. In top the a250 frame and and below the a350 frame on the heating bed.
Just wanted to say it out loud: I love the Quick Swap Kit! I just wasn’t aware how much the screw-mania was annoying me until I did not need to do it any more. I do hate the loss in build volume, but it is relevant only in rare cases, so why bother…
The Quick Swap Kit and the a while ago released new version of the (a lot quieter) power module makes this a totally new machine…
IMHO a must have upgrade… (your mileage might vary…)
It’s pretty good, I finally installed it and am impressed. It might make me start using the machine again.
Heavy leaning on the might there.
