For a full DIY casket hardware package go to:

http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/searchrslts.cfm?&DID=6&User_ID=6315636

might be a nice spin-off tie-in to 6 feet under

Bruce Marcham wrote:

>   has a business of custom-built caskets that sell for less than the
> funeral home ones.  He pointed out that it entirely is possible to
> build your own.  He even has a brochure that tells people how to take
> care of the whole process yourself (I'm guessing what he was
> describing involved essentially serving as your own "funeral GC,"
> managing the steps that others would do). Maybe Norm Abrams can do one
> on the New Yankee Workshop...Hardware kits from Home Depot...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Follett [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> Daniel Boone carved his casket of his favorite wood of black walnut
> and then stored it under his bed. Nobody knows quite sure where he or
> it ended up.
>
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