Hrmmm now Im starting to lean towards buying some .75" OD copper pipe, maybe that flexible stuff and making something like this (thanks btw bigben2k):
I'll take the pipe, flatten 1" of the end, then move the pipe about 2 inches, rotate 90 degrees, then flatten another 1" section, do that until I ahve 5 feet. Would be easier to handle than wrapping wire around something.