An alignment tool for aligning first and second conduit sections, wherein the first conduit section has a bell end at the connection and the second conduit section has a narrow end at the connection, includes a collar portion having a collar inner surface; a funnel portion having a diameter that increases in a longitudinal direction away from the collar portion, wherein the funnel portion has a funnel inner surface and longitudinal ridges extending radially inward toward the longitudinal axis from the funnel inner surface; and a step on one of the collar and funnel inner surfaces, the step having a funnel portion side and a collar portion side, wherein an inner diameter of the funnel portion side of the step is equal to the bell end inner diameter.