If you want to go the cheap route,
It's a pretty close Taiwan made copy of the old 70's-80's Taiwan Copys of the old TA Cages.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...g?t=1164947521
Painted Steel, seems pretty strong, and cost me all of $2.99 Yesterday at the local Dunham's sporting good store, even came with the bottle. I might take the paint off one and clear coat it.