Home Depot sells stainless steel pipes. I bought one the size I wanted and a stainless end cap. I needed both ends threaded and they didn't sell any like that. So I bought a 2" OD pipe two feet long (threaded on one end). I bought the cap that fit it and also a threaded pvc piece that serves to hold the filters in place. Coffee filter two layers. I tried to get Home Depot to thread the other end but their machine couldn't take a pipe as big as mine (never heard that before) so I takes me big ole pipe and finds me a machine shop that threaded the other end for $20