Help please

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Hey guys. My dad wants to make a back board for an antique table we have. He went scouring the place for copper pipe with no success.

He wants something like this, except without the top bit. So essentially the bottom half of this

I was wondering if you guys new of an affordable way of making this, or if you could suggest supplies?

I wanted to make it for dad for christmas