Manipulator alignment ?

CreativeSheep

After freezing the transformations, regardless if the orientation axis is local or world; the object doesn't rotate with the manipulator centered to the object, rather it's angled, obviously causing the object not to rotate aligned ?

Deadly Nightshade

W+right click > Axis > Custom > Set to edge > Select one edge
It's possible that it's called "Set to component". What this does is that it aligns your manipulator to the selected edge/face/vertex.

CreativeSheep

I got it to work; I couldn't locate "Set to component"

CreativeSheep

The manipulator keeps reverting; no way of keeping it permanent ?