Bail alignment marking device

A tool for aligning a work piece, the work piece having a raised area that is symmetric about a centerline, so that the work piece can be marked along a line parallel with the centerline, said tool comprising:

• a first end housing;
• a second end housing;
• a fixed plate with a rectangular shape having a first end attached to said first end housing, said fixed plate having a symmetric vee-shaped cutout opposite said first end creating a first set of edges of said fixed plate in said vee-shaped cutout, said vee-shaped cutout having an apex pointing toward said first end housing and defining a first direction, and said fixed plate having a plurality of elongated slots parallel with said first direction, with at least one of said plurality of elongated slots directly in line with the apex of said vee-shaped cutout;
• said fixed plate further comprising two side rails, each side rail attached to said first end housing and to said second end housing, wherein said two side rails are parallel with said first direction and extending past said vee-shaped cutout in a direction opposite said first direction with said vee-shaped cutout therebetween, said side rails having cs therein;
• a sliding plane extending between said side rails having a symmetric vee-shaped cutout on one end creating a set of edges of said sliding plane in said vee-shaped cutout, the set of edges of said sliding plane hereinafter called a second set of edges, said vee-shaped cutout on said sliding plane oriented in a direction opposite said vee-shaped cutout on said fixed plate, said sliding plane having a plurality of elongated slots in alignment with said plurality of elongated slots in said fixed plate;
• said sliding plane moveably captured in said channels in said side rails, said channels configured to enable said sliding plane to slide under said fixed plate between said side rails in a direction parallel to said first direction, wherein said sliding plane can be moved relative to said fixed plate to create an open area between said vee-shaped cutout on said sliding plane and said vee-shaped cutout on said fixed plate, the open area being where said raised area of said work piece can be held in place between said first set of edges and said second set of edges.