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Maybe you could strgenthen the beam by gussetting from the bottom flange to the beam as high as you could go without interfering with the slide.

I grew up using either almond or walnut for firewood. Neither splits very easily.

Looks good. My Uncle always made his "pusher" really high and that put a bunch of strain on things. You have it real low should eliminate all that. I've seen him tear the ears right off of his sliding mechanism. This is before he bent the beam. All to try and use some chunk of wood worth...

What would your dream woodsplitter be Al?

My Uncle and cousin made a splitter 20 years ago and I don't remember the size of the ram but they bent the shaft on the very first log.

Is pin oak pretty tough to split?

I think that is more than enough hydraulic capacity for most wood splitters. Have you used a splitter like this before Willie?