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Stupid Question - Calculate Cubic Inches

sundownersundowner Member Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited September 2002 in General Discussion
What is the formula to calculate cubic inches (for a safe)?
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  • KnifecollectorKnifecollector Member Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Width X height X depth.
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  • reb8600reb8600 Member Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Width x Depth x Height

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  • sjc1sjc1 Member Posts: 130 ✭
    edited November -1
    Now, if you want the inside volume(1) then the formular (h x w x d) applies to the inside dimensions. For outside volume(2), then it is the outside dimensions (h x w x d).
    Subtracting (1) from (2) gives one the actual material volume of the safe; what you would have in volume if you melted the whole thing down to one big blob.
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  • vol fanvol fan Member Posts: 301 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Or in the alternative, the difference would be the volume of water it would displace, if you dropped it in say a swimming pool (with the door open).

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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Just remember to use all the same units in your calculation. If you measure the inside dimensions in inches, then the LxWxH formula will give you volume in cubic inches. If you measure the inside dimensions in feet and decimal fractions of a foot, then you must use 1728 as a conversion factor to arrive at cubic inches. L-ft x W-ft x H-ft x 1728 = volume in cubic inches.

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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    LxWxH all in inches minus LxWxH of that part of the door that nests inside the safe.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good grief. If you want the inside volume of a safe in cubic inches, measure the interior length in inches, the interior width in inches, and the interior depth in inches. Mutiply L" x W" x D" and you will have the interior volume in cubic inches.

    If your door encroaches on the interior space when closed, v35 is right about removing those cubic inches to get to an absolute number.

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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...so that's how it's done!...didn't know you were suppose to measure in cubic inches..I filled mine up with water, then drained it all out cup by cup....mine is 1536 cubic cups (plus or minus a couple...I got thirsty)
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    just in case you want to make your safe circular ...

    (a few pounds of C 4 will do....)

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  • sundownersundowner Member Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I thought that was the formula, just wasn't sure and wanted to verify.

    Jesus, do y'all crucify everyone that asks what is an admittedly stupid question?
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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, listen to lowrider he knows how much poo a pipe will hold.

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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    best results will be attained by pouring the safe full of water (or jello), then dump the medium into a square box & do your calculations using the box.
    much more accurate than the above because you dont have to subtract for screw heads, etc.
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  • Old hickoryOld hickory Member Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Easy W x H x D times a the distance it falls through your floor to the basement - the dent in your concrete + $$$ spent for street drugs to take away the pain in your spine give or take a few #**!!##*
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  • sjc1sjc1 Member Posts: 130 ✭
    edited November -1
    Sundowner: Your question was not stupid. The only stupid question is the one that is not asked. Your question was just too good to let pass by without some original approaches to measure volume.
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  • vol fanvol fan Member Posts: 301 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Saxon - If you don't open the door it would quite possibly float; the portion out of water would render the displacement inaccurate. If you read my post, I was referring to the volume of the material of the safe, as was the previous poster who was referring to melting it gown.

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  • denniswdennisw Member Posts: 104 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You guys haven't got it right yet. You go into your wife's craft room and get some paper and some sticky glue, then you cut the paper into
    tee's then fold and glue back. You now have a 1 cubic inch cube.By placing these cubes and counting you will have exact number of cubic inches. This is for people that still count on there fingers. (Be sur
    e to replace the paper and glue.)
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  • vol fanvol fan Member Posts: 301 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dennis- Just how many fingers you got?

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  • kgnovumkgnovum Member Posts: 594 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just take the volume in Ft3 from the brochure and divied by 1728 to get In3. 12x12x12=1728 The # of In3 in a Ft3
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  • BoomerangBoomerang Member Posts: 4,513
    edited November -1
    Just one correction, your question is not stupid it is insipid.

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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    kgnovum: You surely must mean to MULTIPLY by 1728. If you divide the volume in cubic feet by 1728 you'll end up with a much smaller number that you started with.

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