# NeXTcube mini Case

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**Created:** [October 2, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/nextcube-mini-case/21682 "2022-10-02T10:09:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/nextcube-mini-case/21682/6 "2022-10-07T19:22:56Z")

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It is time again, and I would like to give a small update of the design iteration process. In the meantime, I have completely redesigned the model, made some test prints of it, and am currently at iteration 3. This will probably remain the final version, with a few minor adjustments.

Here are all three of them in comparison. The first version was the one already presented above.

 ![NeXTcube.I1 - Front](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/4/e44182620d5b5a17a1af6fdd05e7a22d5a362918.jpeg)

 ![NeXTcube.I1 - Rear](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/f/efccd660d739e3748ca31a914481f81ae5ba2933.jpeg)

I think the design is not bad, but it has many disadvantages. For one thing, there are a lot of small and delicate parts, and for another, everything has to be glued together. Once assembled, you wouldn’t be able to take it apart again. That was a thorn in my side from the beginning.

During my research for original plans of NeXT or detailed picture material, I came across an already realised project by [Nina Richards](https://www.ninamakes.co.uk). She achieved this quite elegantly, as the whole thing was a modular kit. I liked it so much that I decided to adapt it.

My NeXTcube is just a bit bigger (1:2) than hers (10x10cm). I also wanted to include more details, and stay as close as possible to the original.

And so iteration 2 was born:

 ![NeXTcube.I2 - Front](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/3/f/3fac49c9d4f3dfd1cb6940c4902329204aa4e46e.jpeg)

 ![NeXTcube.I2 - Rear](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/8/b/8b1d2939d5d562f9eaa60207238fff9873a81955.jpeg)

I liked that a lot better! However, there was still one small thing that bothered me. On YouTube I [found a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4igGQ573duk) where someone disassembles an original NeXTcube in an explanatory way and with many close-ups. There you can clearly see that the housing actually has three larger parts. But in my version there were only two.

And so iteration 3 was created:

 ![NeXTcube.I3 - Front](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/4/0/4036ff026937f20e75c3358cf4279cff1da6743a.jpeg)

 ![NeXTcube.I3 - Rear](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/c/9c2752279f95fa6e112aa76565425efcc1e5719a.jpeg)

This may all seem a bit big in the pictures now, but as I said, this is a scale of 1:2 - so an edge length of 15.25cm. 😃

Next, I need to do a bit of fine-tuning. The Raspberry Pi should sit on a riser card, as in the original, which is then pushed into the housing.

**UPDATE** : I forgot to mention, that iteration 3 doesn’t need any glue! It will be held together with just 6 screws.

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