oh what a great day !

[nipper]

OK, read it again along with your original post in this thread. It seems you are looking to make a rod holder out of 2" tubing that is commonly used for automotive pipes. Sounds like you are going to make a support bracket (hence the bending and welding) and then the individual rod holders out of the same material, then have the whole rig painted. Am I on the right track?

[nipper]

Looked at Simple Gesture's gallery and now know you are wanting to build basically a radar arch to use for rod holders. I do not know whether automotive exhaust tubing would work or not. Some one else will have to weigh in on that question.