How about our old, lead pipes?
This is an interesting article. They are not backward people. They have a lot of our milling and industrial machining tools from WWI and WW2
They are many videos of backyard industrial foundry and milling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ZQvGu09y0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPjrP_dQlms
Pipe used to make a rocket would need to be strong enough to handle the heat and pressure of a rocket motor. Lead would not work.