saxo_man
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I’m looking to weld two pieces of metal together, both heavy 6mm steel plate, for a telescope project. I have a mighty mig 150 but haven’t used it, it’s just been sitting quietly in the corner of the garage for several years. There are switches with 1 and 2 and min and max as well as wire feed speed dial. I also have a welding mask and leather gloves ![Thumbs up: medium-light skin tone :thumbsup_tone2: 👍🏼](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d-1f3fc.png)
I cleaned up a bit of steel plate and run the nozzle across it at various settings and tried welding a nut to it. I’ve beat the nut with a hammer from all angles and it hasn’t moved so I must be doing something right!
Anyone pointers please before I tackle the actual job - welding two pieces at right angles.
![Thumbs up: medium-light skin tone :thumbsup_tone2: 👍🏼](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d-1f3fc.png)
I cleaned up a bit of steel plate and run the nozzle across it at various settings and tried welding a nut to it. I’ve beat the nut with a hammer from all angles and it hasn’t moved so I must be doing something right!
Anyone pointers please before I tackle the actual job - welding two pieces at right angles.