Originally Posted by Doug Fattic

In defense of Phil's comment about good bike shops having alignment abilities, some time back in the 80's the New England Cycle Academy (NECA) produced the Fit Kit for bike shops. Their kit came to include a cleat alignment system. What NECA discovered was that shoe cleats could not be adjusted properly unless the owner's steel frame was also properly aligned. And this was often not the case. Many frames were not accurately aligned. So they came out with an alignment system based on a beam instead of a full sized table. Some shops did not have enough floor space or the money for a full sized table. This system was purchased by upper end bike shops. Of course steel frames eventually lost market share and floating cleats were introduced that didn't require such precise alignment. I've never searched eBay for them but I'm sure there are some of these systems gathering dust somewhere. One of my local shops in South Bend, Indiana has or at least had one.