Gas on the brain

[DocDrew]

Just look into the bigger tank. Go down to your local gas store (praxair, airco, etc) and rent the Hundred pounder. It costs about $25/yr with a five year lease, and then the price of the gas is the same as it is to fill the 20#er, maybe even a bit less per pound. When you gotta lay out that first $125 or so, it seems high, but trust me, it's well worth it.

I went to a hundred #er, not because my tank was freezing, but because the xxxx safety flow check wouldn't flow high enough to run my big four burner. Iceing was not uncommon on the 20# on my smaller two burner, tho

[Jacob]

For the short-term, if you use the water bath to add thermal mass, throw some drinks in there to keep them cool as you forge.

[Brian C.]

I have tried the manifold method & my tanks still froze out. The best luck has been sitting them in a big old fashioned wash tub of water. I made a clamp of sorts to hold the tank down & not let it float. That way you can cover up a lot more tank with the water. YMMV