Method of forming sheet metal casket shell

A method of forming a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls of a sheet metal casket shell from a single piece of sheet metal, the piece of sheet metal having opposite ends and having a length equal to the combined length of the pair of side walls and the pair of end walls of the casket shell to be formed, the method comprising the steps of:

• severing the piece of sheet metal from a coil of sheet metal,
• forming the piece of sheet metal into a rectangular tube so that the opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal abut,
• welding the opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal together,
• grinding the welded ends of the piece of sheet metal smooth,
• positioning a roll forming roller in an interior of the tube,
• positioning a female die configured to produce a desired profile for the side walls and the end walls of the casket shell around an exterior of the tube,
• moving the roller outwardly so as to contact an interior surface of the tube and deform the tube toward a die cavity of the female die, and
• rolling the roller around a perimeter of the interior of the tube so as to deform the perimeter of the tube toward the die cavity of the female die,
• thereby producing the desired profile for the side walls and the end walls of the casket shell.