How do I bolt together two pieces of rectangular aluminum tube at an angle without side plates?

More details… I am building a large load-bearing cart using 3" x 3" aluminum tube with 1/8" thickness.

All my connection angles will be either 45 or 90 degrees.

The side plate method seems a bit wasteful of material. And I’d rather not have the side protrusions.

Bruce

How much load?

You can use a fastener similar to this. Think IKEA.

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