Use Scotch transparent tape — in many cases much more convenient than glue. Only one disadvantage: it is difficult to glue the long leaves: sticky tape curled, deformed, and the quality of the gluing in this case decreases significantly.
In this case, you will help a simple device. All you will need is a steel plate, a rubber roller (the section of steel tubing stretched on it with a piece of rubber hose) Yes, the handle of the file. Like going to the fixture, seen in figure. The roller and roll the adhesive tape are fixed on the plate by suitable screws.