We started because the panel on our own machine came off in one pull and we thought: that is an invitation. Most panels are printed after you order; the ones people buy most we keep a small stock of, and the product page tells you which is which. Every panel gets checked on a real chassis and goes out in a flat box, with a slot for the panel you are taking off.
A real Steam Machine that sits on the bench and does nothing else. Every panel goes on and off five times. If it needs a fingernail to start, the outline is wrong and the panel becomes a second.
On and off five times on the reference chassis. It should start with a fingertip, not a fingernail.
A straight edge across the diagonal. More than 0,3 mm of bow and the corners lift, which is what people call rocking.
All four pads with a depth gauge. One magnet 0,2 mm proud holds the whole panel off at a corner.
An anemometer at the intake, with and without the panel. Under 6 % loss on every vented design we sell.
The default. Best colour accuracy and the flattest finish; the top layer is ironed so you do not see print lines.
0,12 mm layers · ± 70 g · recycled spools
Real wood particles: sandable, oil-friendly, and every batch a shade different. We photograph yours on request.
Sanded to 400 grit, then oiled · ± 70 g
We are two people and four printers. That caps what we can make in a week, which is why the limited runs run out.
See what is in stockSteam Machine Prints is a brand of Ekinsol, a small company near Bruges that has been 3D printing since 2024. Next to it sits Flowz, the Dutch-language shop out of the same workshop: boxes you design yourself, tiles and its own small products.
The same bench and the same two people. Practically it means your invoice says Ekinsol, and that when something goes wrong with a panel you are not writing to a shop that opened last month.
Questions about fit, or a panel that arrived wrong: mail us and you get one of the two of us, usually the same day.