Aluminum works very well as a tank. Mine is made of 1/8" sheet, bent up and welded on the ends. I do not suspend the parts on wires. I started out doing it but found that just laying them on the bottom of the tank works fine with no ill effects on the blue. My tank stand is an old aquarium stand. My burner is a single 1" iron pipe 36" long, drilled with 1/8" hole about every
5/8". The propane-air mixer is made out of pipe fittings and approximates the look and duplicates the function of a commercial mixer. I feed it from an adjustable regulator and 20# propane tank. An aluminum roof flashing skirt hanging from the tank sides prevents wind problems. Another sheet of flashing acts as a lid. The combination of skirting and lid halves the heat up time and also saves lots of gas.
OB
