There's more than one way to skin a cat... I mean align a scope.
As already mentioned, use a compass for rough alignment, and then drift align...
or...
use the method in this thread:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ht=polar+align
If you are only doing alignment for visual work, this will get you close enough. For guided astrophotography, you definitely need to drift align.
Al.