I'm not Rose, but the setscrew has a 60 degree taper on the end that bears on a tapered pin forcing it against the side of the compound slide mounting hole to keep it in place.
Run on sentences are one way to avoid punctuation difficulties.
Glen Reeser
--- In southbendlathe@yahoogroups.com, "garyphansen" <garyphansen@j...> wrote:
Rose:
On my last Email to you I meant Crossfeed Nut not Carriage Nut. Sorry! I have another question. What purpose does the the set
screw
(20)and the pin (18) that comes as a subassembly with the Crossfeed Nut (19) part # AS65NK1 serve?