One-to-One scale model of US Navy T-6 pontoon angle strap
notes: label: Description
content: A 1:1: scale model of the connecting corner angle strap found on the US Navy T-6 landing pontoon as designed by Captain John N. Laycock. The model is painted slate grey and has black painted wood "feet" to balance it upright. It appears that one of the black painted feet is missing but the hole are as is paint transfer.
label: Description
content: Regarding the background of the angle strap, to form continuous angles between the angle and the individual pontoon box, Laycock needed room for his fasteners. He therefore opted to cut away the corners of the T-6 box pontoons, cover the triangular opening, and then weld on a connecting angle strap with holes to enable assembly of the individual boxes to the continuous angles through bolt connections. To compensate for unequal tightening of all the bolts in a pontoon assembly, Laycock used both bolts to directly connect the angles to the pontoons, but also specialized connections involving a wedge bolt, wedge, and wheel nut that could be installed by hand without specialized tools.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mildred Cole Laycock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0105.03
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0105.03
label: accession number
content: 2019.0105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Wood, paint, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/8 in x 20 5/16 in x 16 1/2 in; 41.5925 cm x 51.59375 cm x 41.91 cm