bloggy — survey tripod

 Metal wall pocket flower vases made from survey tripods   Sometimes it all comes together in a way that is unimaginable.  For me, that is perhaps the most interesting thing about working with materials that no longer serve their original purpose.  Take the surveyor tripods for example.  A few years ago a local survey company was closing and the owner asked me if I wanted anything as he was retiring and most of his tools were pretty well used up and not worth anything to him.  My eyes lit up when I saw the tripods so I grabbed them and...