mdjordan

Last time I mad a top like this I drilled 1" indexing holes at the ends of the board. When the time for glue-up came, I used oak dowel rods to align the laminated boards to each other. After glueing, I just trimmed off the ends of the top, getting rid of the index holes. (Though they could be an interesting visual detail to leave in, especially if their color contrasts with that of the top.) The whole process went fairly smoothly; the main benefits became apparent during glue up and the minimal planing and truing time after glueing the top together.