Abstract: A tool for the alignment of plastic pipes to be joined by fusion, particularly pipes which have a memory of being curved, comprises a base carrying a fixed clamp at or near one end thereof, such clamp being circular and having a center point, the base having a longitudinal slot therein aligned with the center point, such slot being provided to receive a pair of movable clamps of the same general design as the fixed clamp but which are positionable along the slot with their center points co-linear with the center point of the fixed clamp, the movable and fixed clamps having a gripping diameter such that they snugly engage the pipes to be fused when such pipes are in the clamps and the clamps are in their closed positions; but the movable clamps being longitudinally adjustable, as indicated, to produce alignment and contiguity of the ends of two plastic pipes to be joined by fusion.