About Casitio
A 3D printing workshop in Montevideo.
Casitio is a small workshop. A job here almost never starts with a file; it starts with a problem. Something snapped, something is missing, the thing that would fit is not sold in that size. We work out which part solves it, draw that part and print it in plastic. Whatever we are asked for often stays with us as a finished model, and goes on the Store shelf.
How we are set up
A price before you write to us
The estimator gives you a range before the first message. Nothing has to be asked in a chat just to learn the order of the figure.
The exact figure comes once we have seen the file
A range is an estimate. The exact price is named when we have the model, or photos with measurements, and always before the work starts.
Your model is measured in your own browser
The estimator reads the file on your own computer, and a handful of numbers about its shape is what reaches us. You send the file yourself, when you decide to order.
The material is chosen for the place
We ask where the part will sit and what it will have to put up with: sun, damp, heat, rubbing or bending. The plastic follows from the answer.
Limits are stated up front
What printing will not do we say before you pay, not after. If the problem is better solved another way, we say that too.
A part that comes out wrong is printed again
When a part does not fit its place, we correct the model and run it again. That is part of the work, not a separate service.
Where we started
Casitio began inside homes in Montevideo, doing deep cleaning. The present work grew out of that: in half of those homes something would not close, hold or run because of a small plastic part that is no longer sold. At first we printed such parts to finish a visit; then people began asking for them on their own. The ones asked for many times stayed with us as finished models, and those are the Store.
Languages
The site, the estimator, the order form and the messaging all work in Spanish, Russian and English. We answer in the language you wrote in.