Memoirs of a Coffinbuilder | Ebook | Instant Digital Download

A life story that starts with a table saw accident and ends up building caskets for a living.

The Story

This isn't a polished, sanitized memoir. It's the real, unfiltered story of how a woodworking injury derailed one future and accidentally built another — one spent designing furniture out of coffins, getting written up in Yahoo's business magazine before a single product existed, and eventually stripping the craft down to its most honest form: a casket built with no metal and no glue, at the request of a grieving family who wanted their son returned to the earth the traditional way.

Along the way: art school in Nelson, BC. A near-death gut check that reframed everything. A casket sofa that became the centerpiece of a local TV segment. An upright coffin display that started as a 12" model built for a magazine article — before the real thing even existed — and went on to become a bestseller for over 15 years.

This is a firsthand account of building a strange, meaningful business from scratch — one coffin, one custom order, and one hard-earned lesson at a time.

What's Inside

• The origin story of Casket Furniture — and the media frenzy that came before the product did

• The accident that ended one career path and opened another

• The real story behind the Eco-Friendly Casket — built with zero metal, zero glue, only natural materials

• Decades of hands-on lessons from running a family coffinbuilding business

• Honest, personal reflections on death, craft, and what it means to build something meant to be buried

Who This Is For

Anyone who's ever wondered what it's actually like to build a business nobody expected to work — and keep it running for 25+ years. Woodworkers curious about the craft behind the caskets. Anyone drawn to real, lived stories over polished business books.

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