Are you doing a water bath for your own use or are you selling it? I don't know many people that like to have standing water in their homes which is why most of us don't restore the "chillers".
BC
It's for me, going to sit in the garage. I am actually restoring my grandparents old machine and it just wouldn't feel right if it wasn't a water bath. The memories I have of sticking my hands into that ice cold water to grab a soda are a big reason I got interested in soda machines in the first place.