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Last time I held the half of the top up and laid down a strip of glue. I did this to each side. Then I laid them flat on some paper, and joined them on my kitchen counter top face down. It went ok, but there was excess glue that did not easily come off. And taking it off with the scraper made it thinner.

Anyone have a better way, such as laying the down with 1 or 2mm spacing and laying the glue in that crack ?

Thanks.

I don't do the final thicknessing until after it is glued.

Sounds like your asking about gluing up the center seam? I'll assume so.

Take a look here for a good tutorial on joining the plates.

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A bead down both edges sounds like more glue than necessary to me. Even with a bead down only one side you probably will be getting some squeeze out but not as much.

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Thanks all. That tent approach sounds good.

Similar to the 'tent' method...
I use a couple of spring clamps to hold the plates together (face-to-face) with the gluing edges up. Then a bead of glue goes along both gluing surfaces at once- the excess is wiped off. Spring clamps off and the plates go on to the glue-up board. Rub joint, scrape off excess glue with sharpened stick, and then clamp.
There's not much excess glue, but it still needs cleaning up with scraper/sander.
Works for me...
Cheers
John