seeking more opinions
i'm working on the design of my beam and pusher. here's what i got on my mind. for my top plate on the beam, 8'x 3/4 hot rolled flat. the anchor point for the cylinder will be 6x1 flat bar extending to the bottom of the beam. the face of the pusher will be 8x8x3/4. the anchor for the rod end will be 1x3 flat. 1/2 gussetts on each side of the pusher face plate. the slide will be 10x12x3/4. i plan for the wedge to be made from 1x6 but i don't know how high i should make it. i plan to notch the top plate to allow the cylinder anchor and the wedge to extend through the top plate all the way to the bottom of the beam in order to tie everything together. like i said, i'm still in the planning stage so i'm open for suggestions. i'm thinking about putting this top plate on top of some 9 5/8 inch super heavy wall pipe for my beam. just something i'm tossing around. i haven't had the time to do any scrounging to see what i can find but i do have access to the pipe and it will certianly be strong.