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Trebuchet (Joining Lumber)

Hello fellow off-season CDer's,

I'm building a trebuchet in my basement, and I want to make the swing arm out of 4x4 and 2x4, but I'm not sure how to join the two together end-to-end.

Some ideas have been tossed around, all including large bolts, some including large steel C-channel, but none of us (my brother, dad, or myself) have any real clue how to do it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, images could validate hugs. No promises.

The attached image is what I came up with in SketchUp, feedback would be nice. The lines flanking the 2x4 are shims to keep it centered.
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