It seems I spend more time on this project waiting for glue to dry than on anything else.
Here you can see the tool well before I add the holders for the different pliers and wire cutters.
Despite a frustrating number of measurements and test fits I somehow still had the tools protruding higher than I would like. To drop all the tool heights by another 1/8 th of an inch I ended up cutting a hole through the support base and then gluing in side supports. Grrr.
I guess I went heavy on the glue here. Once it dries I am scraping the excess and adding more support pieces – so this first round of gluing was fairly fast and dirty.