If you put a burned up human body

[_Jersey Girl]

through a wood chipper, would that grind up the bones to powder?

[_subgenius]

through a wood chipper, would that grind up the bones to powder?

nope.

[_Jersey Girl]

through a wood chipper, would that grind up the bones to powder?

nope.

Then what would you use to grind up the bones?

[_Res Ipsa]

Mortar and pestle.

[_Jersey Girl]

Mortar and pestle.

Yeah, I know Cam mentioned that previously but the more I think about it, the more I think it just wouldn't be feasible due to time constraints particularly if you were trying to make it work over a holiday.

[_MeDotOrg]

Ah, it's a Saturday afternoon in the Spring, when a young girl's fancy turns to thoughts of how to burn a human body into powder.

Seriously, cremation burns up a human body more like coarse sand than a powder. A wood chipper would not be the ideal instrument for turning a human body into powder. How fine a powder you want (I suppose) depends on its ultimate purpose: Dessert topping? Makeup base? Something to smoke or snort?

I would imagine that there are some true crime website discussion groups where you could probably find the answer. Private message on such sites at your own risk.

[_Jersey Girl]

Ah, it's a Saturday afternoon in the Spring, when a young girl's fancy turns to thoughts of how to burn a human body into powder.

Sort kinda. Yep.

Seriously, cremation burns up a human body more like coarse sand than a powder.

I am NOT talking about cremation. I'm talking about your average citizen burning up a body in the backyard in some kind of container like a fire barrel or a large industrial smoker. I have cremains, I know what they are like. Typically after cremations the bones are ground up. So what I'm talking about is basically a DIY version of the same process.

A wood chipper would not be the ideal instrument for turning a human body into powder.

It was just an idea. I've only put actual wood through a chipper.

How fine a powder you want (I suppose) depends on its ultimate purpose: Dessert topping? Makeup base?

Small enough so animals won't eat it and possibly leave bits around where sniffer dogs would hit on it or where it wouldn't be found if someone dredged the pond you threw them in.

Something to smoke or snort?

Keith Richards did NOT smoke or snort his father's ashes! He's alternately made and denied that claim.

I would imagine that there are some true crime website discussion groups where you could probably find the answer. Private message on such sites at your own risk.

Thanks, but no.

[_MeDotOrg]

My Great Grandfather was a coffee broker, and my Grandfather lost his finger down to the second knuckle in a coffee grinder. There might be some sort of industrial coffee or chocolate grinder...

I'm imagining a future full of Soylent Green and Starbucks...

[_Jersey Girl]

My Great Grandfather was a coffee broker, and my Grandfather lost his finger down to the second knuckle in a coffee grinder. There might be some sort of industrial coffee or chocolate grinder...

I'm imagining a future full of Soylent Green and Starbucks...

Look and learn. This ^^^ my friends is how people get caught. Coffee grinder.

Nope! THIS>>> http://composting.org/wp-content/upload ... nes-MH.pdf

Is what you'd need. An ALLU bucket grinder. Hot damn!

[_Jersey Girl]

Now...if I can just find a bucket grinder that'll adapt to a fork lift or skid loader...

I press on!