[Raleigh]

I try to use plastic screwdrivers whenever I can, but I find they are often not strong enough. One of my adjustment tools is a plastic handle with a tiny metal insert to make the screwdriver blade, but it doesn't fit everything. Metal screwdrivers seem to work OK most of the time...at least I don't get a big change in adjustment when I take the screwdriver off the adjusting screw, which is what I would expect. If you can move compensators with plastic, use that.

I turn the compensator screw back and forth until I get the best signal. I use a VTVM through a capacitor to measure the best output. My VTVM isn't working quite right, so if in doubt I listen for the highest output and call that good, even if the VTVM shows off-peak. On some of the tracking adjustments you want to "rock" the adjustment (explained in "Elements" and in the Philco instructions, I think) but you can still use the sound or the meter to judge the peak.