It begins....
I ended up finding a place local that had everything I needed in schedule 40 mild steel, straight tube and 90 degree elbows! Steel House just north of downtown is THE SHIT! So I reversed my order of the stainless from another local place and went with the mild. I was like a kid in a candy store walking in there. I managed to pick up 21 feet of 1.25 pipe and 8 elbows all for about $80. The next nice Sunday we get I'll be whipping out the booger spitting machine and getting started.