ahah...back from the dead
it ended up getting shelved because of the winter. I work in my backyard sitting on a cinderblock, and in the winter i dont have any daylight
see i think an english wheel would flatten/distort the diamondplate pattern. It seems like it wouldnt bend anything until the diamonds are flattened out enough for it to actually move back and forth.
The diamond plate would have to be steel to weld to the tank. It would be nice to take it to a custom shop and have it done right...but thats a decent amount of money for no reason. I think im gonna try the rubber kneepad fixation relation, and see how that "holds" get it?