Snapmaker 2.0 A350
Researched by Ric Ruben · Build volume 320 x 350 x 330mm · 3D Printing / Laser / CNC
Excellent, well-built 3-in-1 hardware held back by a messy software workflow and a bed-leveling routine that needs a manual fix.
The Snapmaker U1 toolchanger is the cheaper print-only replacement. The Artisan keeps the laser and CNC heads.
Full Review
Snapmaker first caught attention with the Snapmaker Original, a multi-function printer for makers that became the third-most funded tech project in Kickstarter history. Its successor, the Snapmaker 2.0 A350, outdid it — after $7 million in funding, it became the number one most funded tech project in Kickstarter history, pulling in plenty of people from outside the 3D printing community along the way. The A350 is the largest of the 2.0 line's three sizes, alongside the A150 (close to the size of the original) and the A250 (comparable to a Prusa i3 MK3S), with the A350's work area closely comparable to a Creality CR-10 in size.
This well named machine is the number one most funded tech project in Kickstarter history.
The main takeaway: you're paying for an extremely good piece of hardware, capable of a lot of what an experienced maker wants to achieve — though some features could use major work.
Specs (A350)
What Is The Snapmaker A350?
Unboxing the A350 gets you a 1.75mm 3D printing head, an ER-11-collet CNC machining head, and a 1,600mW blue diode laser — enough tools to start creating projects across a wide range of materials from initial setup. Compared to the heavily criticized original, the 2.0 is a noticeable jump forward, with nice touches like the pulsing glow of the power supply's LED and the UI on its full-color Android-powered touchscreen. Its Luban software is an improvement over the original's CNCJS, letting you send jobs over Wi-Fi, issue G-code commands, and watch machine status directly — though the sheer number of buttons and consoles in Luban doesn't quite match the clean, minimal feel of the hardware and UI around it.
How Does It Print?
The A350 can produce decent prints, but getting there takes a lengthier process than you might expect. Mounting the print bed means fixing the Y-axis carriage with over a dozen screws, a bigger job than the 4 bolts needed to fix the tool head to the X-axis. The machine's automatic nine-point mesh bed-leveling routine, meant to prepare it for printing, doesn't serve that purpose well out of the box — the amount of control it gives you to offset the bed does little to actually even it out. A manual fix is available on a Snapmaker forum post, or the auto-leveling step can be disabled entirely in favor of manually offsetting all nine points by 0.05mm. For generic materials like PLA, ABS and PETG, three print profiles are available — fast, standard, and high detail — and we'd recommend Cura or PrusaSlicer over Snapmaker's default slicing software where possible.
Laser Engraving
Laser engraving is one of the A350's core functions, and a genuinely strong offering. Where the original had four laser modes, the 2.0 adds a dedicated lasering table, camera, and automatic calibration process. The table itself is built from four aluminum slabs mounted on the Y-axis carriage, which cuts the risk of the laser reflecting off the underside and helps with cooling. Laser power is noticeably stronger than the original's, meaning faster burns through material like leather, wood or acrylic, and switching into laser mode triggers a quick, straightforward calibration step. The built-in camera is a highlight: it photographs your material so you can align the engraving directly in Luban before running the job.
CNC Engraving/Cutting
CNC performance is similar to the original, though new hardware makes it easier and more flexible to use for carving objects out of hard materials like carbon fiber or hardwood. The 2.0's CNC process offers relief, vector and text engraving — relief converts a bitmap image into an engraving with varying depths, while vector focuses on outlines for cutting an object out of another. Position clamps, held with M4 bolts and wing nuts, and a threaded wasteboard make securing material straightforward, even if the core CNC function is still fairly basic relative to the ambition behind it.
Related: read our full guide to FDM (Material Extrusion) 3D printing.
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The Snapmaker 2.0 A350 has been superseded by the Snapmaker Artisan 3-in-1, which brings dual extrusion, a 40W laser module, and a 400x400x400mm build volume in the same modular format.
Check price: Snapmaker Artisan 3-in-1 →