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Now I am going to embarass my self all to h_ _ _! I should have been talking cubic inches all along.

That's what comes from living in a place that has converted to the metric system but some of us old guys are still living between the two.

After researching a bit I found that urns are generally between 200 - 240 cubic inches in volume.

Sorry about the confusion. For punishment, I promise to learn the conversion tables:D , well maybe.

Have fun

John

Thanks for clearing that up, John!:) Units of measure often screw us up. You are certainly not alone!

I have only known a few people that were cremated. One of those was an old flame.

Where do you get 200 - 240 cuebic inches of ash? How do you design a urn to make sure it will hold all the ashes? A good Idea do sell turnings if you can meet the vol demands.

tfeeken wrote:Where do you get 200 - 240 cubic inches of ash? How do you design a urn to make sure it will hold all the ashes? A good Idea do sell turnings if you can meet the vol demands.

Simple formula - 1 lb of live weight needs 1 cu. in. of urn.
http://www.mainelyurns.com/what-size-cremation-urn.html

My parents and MIL had urns that gave plenty of un-used space. In all three cases the ashes were in a fancy bag inside of the urn. What I've found is ashes aren't really fine stuff that'll blow away. Most of the ashes look like bone chips. There are some fines, however.

How's that for morbid?

charlese wrote:Simple formula - 1 lb of live weight needs 1 cu. in. of urn.
http://www.mainelyurns.com/what-size-cremation-urn.html

My parents and MIL had urns that gave plenty of un-used space. In all three cases the ashes were in a fancy bag inside of the urn. What I've found is ashes aren't really fine stuff that'll blow away. Most of the ashes look like bone chips. There are some fines, however.

How's that for morbid?

Well stated and accurate.

Looks like a columnar urn having an inside space of 8 inches inside diameter and 8 inches tall will yield plenty of room for anyone weighing less than 400 lbs. Most columnar urns I've seen are around that size, or larger.

(π x r²) x h = volume of a column

(Pi x radius squared) x hight of column = volume of column

(3.1416 x 4²") x 8" = 50.3 in² x 8" = 403 cu. inches (slide rule accuracy) (in case you check on calculator)

Here is a photo of the casket of the late Sam maloof.
(photo was too big to post here)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads1 ... 648190.jpg

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While we're on the subject, do you know the difference between a coffin and a casket? I do!:)
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I thought you guys were smarter than that. Everyone knows that a Coffin is something you have with a bad cold.

http://www.casketplans.com/?page=store

http://www.lastthings.net/how-to.html