10-foot galvanized steel pipes with threaded ends; six threaded 1-inch pipe caps; six 3⁄8-inch-diameter, 4-inch eyebolts, with 11⁄2-inch eyes, nuts and lockwashers; nine ratcheting tie-down ...

A 1-foot section of 1-inch galvanized pipe costs about $7 in 2011 whereas a corresponding stainless steel pipe cost $8.50. For a 6-foot piece, where the cost of the material becomes more important ...

Here’s the trick. I used ¾ inch galvanized pipe which won’t bend and still mounted it to the wall. Then I slid copper over it. One inch copper pipe will fit easily over it and so will ¾ inch ...