Hey dave,
To be truly honest with you, if you can use alignmaster stars don't bother with drift alignment its a waste of your time!
Your initial alignment is quite important because it makes your overall setup so much more speedie. If you are around the house grab a straight piece of timber and lay it across the back two legs of your scope this will be the best way of getting south with your compass, then you can use a inclometer either analogue or on your phone to set the alt.
it generally takes me 2 iterations and a 3rd to confirm my alignment. I also utilize my camera and maxim dls Point Telescope Here feature. so once i have the first star centered I really don't even need the wireless controller because it lands the star on the sensor and from there its a right click go here done. very quick very easy.
One other thing I would really push you away from using the finder guider to do your alignment as it may;
A. Not be in line with your telescope let alone the mount
B. its too wide if i remember correctly its somewhere around 5 degrees FOV. so what is only 1 arc min out on the finder could be somewhere around 5 minutes out in your main scope. So your over all accuracy is up the duff big time!
I would be pushing you to really use your camera to do the alignment as it means you can do it really quick and easy without trying to figure it out and as for point B you can use software to help you with your accuracy
Brendan