I built a casket back a few years ago, it was made from solid oak and a little bit of cherry. It turned out absolutely beautiful, the upholstery proved to be the real challenge, my wife and I used 22 yards of high sheen white satin to line the inside and the bottom of the lid halves. It was what is known in the industry as a "half couch," that being said, the lid is in two pieces. It was a lot of work, we ended up giving it away to a woman who passed away in our church who had no family and very little money. She had no idea about the casket and on her deathbed she said that the Lord had shown her that someone in the church was going to give her a casket to be buried in. She said that she was so afraid that she might be cremated because she didn't have the money for a casket. You can never tell me that God doesn't care for the little things just as much as He does the big things.
I've been thinking of building my own casket, but my wife gives me grief about it. She says I just want to die on her. My great uncle built his own casket and was in the back of the shop for over 40 years before he passed away. It saved my great aunt a lot of money.
Great job and video, awesome music, skilled professional laborers. Keep up the great work, only time you want to see your business go down, is when is going in the hole. ( might need to check paint filters) , my opinion.👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Years ago I worked part-time for a company that amongst other things made fiberglass caskets. New England Casket Co. which is in this video was one of our best customers!
Recently we pre-purchased the "Lynn" model, which is solid poplar with a mahogany finish. It is beautiful - the craftsmanship obvious. The company was accomadating to our request for rosetan velvet instead of the standard crepe lining. With the flood of Chinese caskets in the market, I recommend looking into this American owned and American made company.
Considering I worked at Batesvill casket for many years, there are some amazing simularites. This leads me to believe Batesvill is outsourcing some of it's product line to smaller outfits.
Jacob Smith The name sounds familar. Which dept. did he work & the years he worked there. I worked there from 1980-85 & again from 1992-2005(when they closed)
You can rent a casket and you can have a pine box or cardboard that goes inside the rental, here in Canada the price varies $ 800.00 to $1000.00 if you buy a hardwood casket you can pay up to $10,000 plus other services
Furniture is here for only a short time, the casket is for eternity in the sealed vaults they are placed in. Price per year of use is very, very small :)
Hey, imagine US manufactures taking pride in their products and making REAL stuff for a change that equaled the quality of workmanship in this video. Its good to dream!
Redwood, I am thinking of making it by the cardboard for myself. Because after I am gone, they will put me in the oven... so why bother wasting some good lumber and money for. Most people receiving the ash of their love ones, thinking and believing that the ash was the ash of their fathers or mothers or spouses etc, but to me they were foolishly trusted those funeral homes.
thangquocnguyenmdp the funeral home supplies the cardboard box for cremations as part of the cost. If you really want to save your family some money, build a real casket for the viewing and service. They charge crazy amounts for renting those.
Good idea - old pallets, Hmmm?. The wood is biodegradable. Awesome DIY project. Burlap bags - 100% biodegradable, and ECO friendly! Humans? -- return to dust, just as it should be! Let's ALL get one! Just a couple of questions, do you plan to use dovetail construction, instead of nails?, and what about the lid? Maybe wooden dowels, or something like that?
If you notice that 9 minutes and 20 seconds these guys don't have any respirators on and they are spraying this polyurethane and stain without respirators they better be building their own self one if they keep doing that
Yeah, before they’re six feet under.And please! Stop playing that Charlie Brown music ! Just cremate me and scatter my remains over Mount Everest! If that fails, then eject me out of a pod like the Enterprise crew did for Spock on Star Trek II Wrath of Khan!😂😂😂😂
I think they should make caskets in tubular form so the dead could be buried in a vertical position. Just auger out a hole and plant the departed. Save a lot of space in cemeteries.
Complete building burnt down during 9 alarm fire about 1 month ago. Owner is going to rebuild and all employees will go back with them great to work for.
veggiefarmer1 I hate to hear that, they lost a ton of nice equipment in those shops. What state is this factory located in? Looks like the employees care about the product they are building. BTW: I’m a veggie farmer also but I’m out in NC but Mother Nature isn’t being very nice to us this year with all the rain. We can’t get in the fields without sinking. Take care my friend.
If they sold the business how much and who who would buy, versus collecting insurance. Did somebody set that wood on fire on the embossing machine? The video shows lots and lots of employees in the building but at the time of the fire was there even a handful?
hello!... permission to post... would like to know how to open casket made from france . We hardly cant see the face of the late friend died in france last january and now transported here in philippines. The casket has its 3 layer and sorry I have no pictures to attach. Thanks anyways ...
Are all of those casket bespoke to a certain customer? Or do they go to a retailer that has (albeit a bit grim) a show room? Admittedly it’s not something I have looked into the uk, but I do know that our caskets are not as flashy, after all the end customer will be buried or burnt, I mean no disrespect to the makers or the customers, the wife wants to be freeze dried like coffe is, then everyone will receive a coffee tin (new of course) with her name on it saying, instant Suzi , just add water. Must admit sounds funny.
You know it's kind of sad that we're worth more than we're dead then we are alivebecause we had to pay for the funeral the casketall of that and it's pretty sad how they have funerals these days rip people off
@@northvilletunnels I want to try to get a cheap life insurance for me and my kids because my mom passed last and you can be here one minute and gone the next
this is just video showing how a specialized product is made i lke too see videos like this. for those that don't find the instructions on how to exit the page/or video. rather than bitching about peoples end of life decisions no one cares if you dont want the services of a funeral director to represent you or your family too execute your wishes then do everything yourself if you want instruction use a site called GOOGLE or UA-cam
I wonder if it ever occurs to these crafts people that they are putting in a lot of work and care into building something that will be buried and rot away.
Already prepared my furnal. Urne cost $110.00 My body will be donated to University of Ut for science. They then will take care of my ashes send them to my family. My family friends will do small memorial. No mortuary involved.
Let it burn down. Grandma and my father worked for this company. I grew up without a father home growing up because he worked the night shift. As a very young child I took tours of the factory as often as I could just because I wanted the same career my father had. I job shadowed for this place in high school it's achieved in the local paper. Applied so many times I lost count. Remember getting turned down after 2nd interview at the age of 24. It hurt so hard the grief and frustration made me cry all the way to new Mexico driving a big rig because there was nothing else to get to do here. Eventually lost my mind and went insane. One day I snapped and maneuvered the trailer wheels afire and off onto a few illegal immigrants. I lost my sanity and will to live because of being denied the chance to have something rare. Words can't decribe but this company has some admirable benefits that are rare and non momentary something 8 years of college cannot guarantee.
It's my understanding that a casket for a Jewish Orthodox burial cannot have any metal on/in the casket. What's up with the metal grips on the casket's sides?
I built a casket back a few years ago, it was made from solid oak and a little bit of cherry. It turned out absolutely beautiful, the upholstery proved to be the real challenge, my wife and I used 22 yards of high sheen white satin to line the inside and the bottom of the lid halves. It was what is known in the industry as a "half couch," that being said, the lid is in two pieces. It was a lot of work, we ended up giving it away to a woman who passed away in our church who had no family and very little money. She had no idea about the casket and on her deathbed she said that the Lord had shown her that someone in the church was going to give her a casket to be buried in. She said that she was so afraid that she might be cremated because she didn't have the money for a casket. You can never tell me that God doesn't care for the little things just as much as He does the big things.
What a heart warming story. You will be blessed!!! Wonderful. God speed.
How did you put the bottom in to be sure it wouldnt fall out? I am wanting to build my casket
Nice work 👍
I myself will have as much of me donated so others can see tomorrow's 🌞 sunrise.
The leftovers are going to a cadaver fog training center.
Mantap keren banget 🙏🙏🙏👍 Tengkiu Selamat Siang
Great Job. Keep up the good work. I love a great hardwood casket.
@johnny chason DO YOU THINK BODIES DO NOT ROTTTTTTT!
I've been thinking of building my own casket, but my wife gives me grief about it. She says I just want to die on her. My great uncle built his own casket and was in the back of the shop for over 40 years before he passed away. It saved my great aunt a lot of money.
Heru- deshet cool story bro
i have a whole new respect for caskets that was cool
Mantap keren banget 🙏👍 Thanks Selamat Malam
Great job and video, awesome music, skilled professional laborers. Keep up the great work, only time you want to see your business go down, is when is going in the hole. ( might need to check paint filters) , my opinion.👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Years ago I worked part-time for a company that amongst other things made fiberglass caskets. New England Casket Co. which is in this video was one of our best customers!
fiberglass underground....what a pollution...
Thank you for sharing the details, process that goes into making a casket. Very skilled professionals that take pride in what they do.
Recently we pre-purchased the "Lynn" model, which is solid poplar with a mahogany finish. It is beautiful - the craftsmanship obvious. The company was accomadating to our request for rosetan velvet instead of the standard crepe lining. With the flood of Chinese caskets in the market, I recommend looking into this American owned and American made company.
Cardboard coffins make so much more sense! Caskets are there ONLY to empress the LIVING!!
Are you serious????
Beautiful works !
These Industrial power tools would make perfect for electric guitar and bass building!!!
Gorgeous work. So glad that's not outsourced.
Considering I worked at Batesvill casket for many years, there are some amazing simularites. This leads me to believe Batesvill is outsourcing some of it's product line to smaller outfits.
My great uncle Ed Riggs worked there as well. Did you know him?
Jacob Smith The name sounds familar. Which dept. did he work & the years he worked there. I worked there from 1980-85 & again from 1992-2005(when they closed)
Beautiful caskets.
Beautiful work.
As discussed in "The Funeral Critic," a good wooden casket can be a positive asset to a funeral service.
A fine piece of furniture!
Beautifully done.
You can rent a casket and you can have a pine box or cardboard that goes inside the rental, here in Canada the price varies $ 800.00 to $1000.00 if you buy a hardwood casket you can pay up to $10,000 plus other services
I am so glad to see how one is really made. This video makes me to never want to make one myself, god that's a lot of work
Brownie Wiseman made one like this in my high school construction class for a class grade. Local funeral home bought it for $1500.
The people just handle the material, the CNC machines do all the work
A real work of art
Do you any plans to start manufacturing paulownia wood coffins?
I love this work
Meanwhile, the living settle for particleboard furniture.
Not if I can help it!! (sawmill operator..) : )
That's a very interesting point. Certainly something to think about
Your right. Particle Board furniture with a nice markup on it.
Furniture is here for only a short time, the casket is for eternity in the sealed vaults they are placed in. Price per year of use is very, very small :)
@@dougdiplacido2406 proving anything can be reduced to the ridiculous!
I built my own. Its stored in the attic.
Nice wood caskets
I wonder how they put in a warranty claim, and if there's been any recalls?
Hey, imagine US manufactures taking pride in their products and making REAL stuff for a change that equaled the quality of workmanship in this video. Its good to dream!
Ya but people are to cheap to buy quality products so they kill these jobs by shoping at wall mart etc... damb to hell with china crap
Gear Head want to see something disturbing? Type in "caskets" in the searchbar at www.Walmart.com, see what comes up...😏
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You're business would never be dead.
I think the cation at 6:31 could have been worded better. I cracked up when I thought about what they're building. lol
I am going to make my own casket from old pallets and line it with old burlap.bags.
Redwood, I am thinking of making it by the cardboard for myself. Because after I am gone, they will put me in the oven... so why bother wasting some good lumber and money for. Most people receiving the ash of their love ones, thinking and believing that the ash was the ash of their fathers or mothers or spouses etc, but to me they were foolishly trusted those funeral homes.
@@thangquocnguyenmdp I never trust them to give the correct ashes.
thangquocnguyenmdp the funeral home supplies the cardboard box for cremations as part of the cost. If you really want to save your family some money, build a real casket for the viewing and service. They charge crazy amounts for renting those.
Good idea - old pallets, Hmmm?. The wood is biodegradable. Awesome DIY project. Burlap bags - 100% biodegradable, and ECO friendly! Humans? -- return to dust, just as it should be! Let's ALL get one! Just a couple of questions, do you plan to use dovetail construction, instead of nails?, and what about the lid? Maybe wooden dowels, or something like that?
Dios mío que tristeza con lo sucedido este día con la compañía que por tantos y tantos años, nos bendijo a muchos, muy lamentable no lo puedo creer.😞
Fascinating
Amazing crafts people!
So beautifully and well made it seems a pity to put such to flame or in the ground
The craftsmanship and expense to throw it in the ground....holy shit
The music is over the top.its crazy to think they will be buried never to be seen ..
Me gusta el sistema de trabajo les felicito por lo tecnico que son
muy profesionales
If you notice that 9 minutes and 20 seconds these guys don't have any respirators on and they are spraying this polyurethane and stain without respirators they better be building their own self one if they keep doing that
most finishing products are waterbased now, they are less toxic. i'm sure they will get an employee discount .
and I am sure they are making minimum wages! lol
No big deal. If someone dies just put him in the coffin.
OHSHA must not be involved js
Yeah, before they’re six feet under.And please! Stop playing that Charlie Brown music ! Just cremate me and scatter my remains over Mount Everest! If that fails, then eject me out of a pod like the Enterprise crew did for Spock on Star Trek II Wrath of Khan!😂😂😂😂
These caskets are kosher!
Nice looking caskets. It seems a shame to bury them. Especially when I need an archtop jazz guitar
I think they should make caskets in tubular form so the dead could be buried in a vertical position. Just auger out a hole and plant the departed. Save a lot of space in cemeteries.
And if they bury you shallow enough, the mowers can give you a haircut weekly!
They could stack them 3 or 4 deep would only be about 25 feet deep. Only wasting a square foot of land.
Like they did in Motel Hell"
Pine box works One size fits all.
That is beautiful, all the work and money only to be dropped in the ground, when I die my friends will roll me up and smoke me..
I hope more people choose a casket regardless if they choose burial or cremation. Trees are a crop and support landowners who pay taxes.
Ghastly looking caskets Keep it simple for my taste
Those are truly a work of art.
Complete building burnt down during 9 alarm fire about 1 month ago. Owner is going to rebuild and all employees will go back with them great to work for.
veggiefarmer1 I hate to hear that, they lost a ton of nice equipment in those shops. What state is this factory located in? Looks like the employees care about the product they are building.
BTW: I’m a veggie farmer also but I’m out in NC but Mother Nature isn’t being very nice to us this year with all the rain. We can’t get in the fields without sinking. Take care my friend.
@@1982MCI This is in Boston Massachusetts in a section called East Boston
Glad to see how my future home is made.
I thought the comments below about the place burning were jokes,, but no. they really had a fire!
CREMATE ...BUILD NICE WOODEN BOATS FOR LIVE PEOPLE.
Better yet, leave the trees where they are.
2019 guys
Interesting! I always wondered how they were made.
hmmm wondering how much one of these costs??
I’ll never look at a Cabinet truck the same way again. Beautiful craftsmanship. ‘How it’s Made’ tv show should show this.
Beautiful
If they sold the business how much and who who would buy, versus collecting insurance.
Did somebody set that wood on fire on the embossing machine?
The video shows lots and lots of employees in the building but at the time of the fire was there even a handful?
bro this video is FROM 2012
Dios mío no puedo creer que hoy 15 de marzo 2019 nuestra compañía tenga su fin 😓🔥🔥
Si desgraciadamente muchas personas nos quedamos sin trabajo d las cuales laborabamos ahi
Por que?
Todos los ataud tendran bellos colores y diseños
Wow, those machines do everything except bite the dust for you.
very cool.
artisti! ne voglio una per me
hello!... permission to post... would like to know how to open casket made from france . We hardly cant see the face of the late friend died in france last january and now transported here in philippines. The casket has its 3 layer and sorry I have no pictures to attach. Thanks anyways ...
check for keyhole on ends of casket
id be happier ether in a museum or in a stainless steel casket . even a welded casket will do tbh
A narative dialog would help, a longer video explain what is going on! explain the reason some caskets are made differently. Beautiful product,
Product? Trump alert trump alert
tom Hancock the Orthodox caskets can't have any metal in them
Are all of those casket bespoke to a certain customer? Or do they go to a retailer that has (albeit a bit grim) a show room? Admittedly it’s not something I have looked into the uk, but I do know that our caskets are not as flashy, after all the end customer will be buried or burnt, I mean no disrespect to the makers or the customers, the wife wants to be freeze dried like coffe is, then everyone will receive a coffee tin (new of course) with her name on it saying, instant Suzi , just add water. Must admit sounds funny.
It's more a bout the box then the person...who is in it. WE WANNA MAKE IT LOOK NICE. Hahahahaha HAHAHAHAHA.
The funeral business is the biggest rip off to the living
It's a "Never Dying" business! :>)
Yes it is.
You know it's kind of sad that we're worth more than we're dead then we are alivebecause we had to pay for the funeral the casketall of that and it's pretty sad how they have funerals these days rip people off
@@caseyheholt8691 You don't have to pay for any of that. I sure wont.
@@northvilletunnels I want to try to get a cheap life insurance for me and my kids because my mom passed last and you can be here one minute and gone the next
What does the letters AWC stand for? Very cool vid
AWC=All wood casket.. orthodox caskets are made only of wood. No metal nail, hinges or fixtures are used.
Finally a job to die for
this is just video showing how a specialized product is made i lke too see videos like this. for those that don't find the instructions on how to exit the page/or video. rather than bitching about peoples end of life decisions no one cares if you dont want the services of a funeral director to represent you or your family too execute your wishes then do everything yourself if you want instruction use a site called GOOGLE or UA-cam
can't wait! just dying to get one!
Comfy !
Show me the bottom? Is that finished also?
Se pintaran igual que cuadros con arte
Por que dios esta aburrido de er cajones cafe
I wonder if it ever occurs to these crafts people that they are putting in a lot of work and care into building something that will be buried and rot away.
Cremate me and use the money to build school desks for kids in Africa.
They make those out of cow dung. Where you been?
this is a grave business
It'll never "Die"
Let us down easy...
Cuánto mide un ataúd de altura y ancho
Anyone knows the title of the music?
What did one casket say to the other casket?
Is that YOU COFFIN???
After watching this video I decided thats the last thing I need.
Already prepared my furnal.
Urne cost $110.00
My body will be donated to University of Ut for science.
They then will take care of my ashes send them to my family.
My family friends will do small memorial.
No mortuary involved.
When only the best will do ! Choose Baskerville caskets!!
HMMMMMM nope
wrong
just put me in a can of Alpo when I reach that state I really don't care
This company is burning to the ground right now
Let it burn down. Grandma and my father worked for this company. I grew up without a father home growing up because he worked the night shift. As a very young child I took tours of the factory as often as I could just because I wanted the same career my father had. I job shadowed for this place in high school it's achieved in the local paper. Applied so many times I lost count. Remember getting turned down after 2nd interview at the age of 24. It hurt so hard the grief and frustration made me cry all the way to new Mexico driving a big rig because there was nothing else to get to do here. Eventually lost my mind and went insane. One day I snapped and maneuvered the trailer wheels afire and off onto a few illegal immigrants. I lost my sanity and will to live because of being denied the chance to have something rare. Words can't decribe but this company has some admirable benefits that are rare and non momentary something 8 years of college cannot guarantee.
Just put me in a simple pine box, under my favorite Tree.
I'M DYING TO GET ONE OF THESE.
LETS START A ME TOO MOVEMENT ON THIS LOL
Not a dust mask in sight. Hope the workers have good medical insurance.
If vedio is not in english or at least has captions I cancel. Also useing earphones with ful volume can`t hear
It's my understanding that a casket for a Jewish Orthodox burial cannot have any metal on/in the casket. What's up with the metal grips on the casket's sides?
That is true - Jewish caskets do not have any metal in them - if the casket has metal handles it is a conventional casket.
I’ll admit, this is impressive. Waiting for Clint Eastwood,”Four coffins, my mistake”.
Wow! Very interesting to this! I never seen that before. How you make a casket for dead people. I would like to make a casket for dead people.
Yes yes ok 👌
I DIDN'T KNOW WOOD COULD BE CUT USING A COMPUTERISED SAW
I'm not far from Lake Michigan. Fish food ?
are you in a casket when you are cremated?
Deus e mais
so sad the company burn down