I'd have used regular Araldite for this. Not the quick-setting variants, they don't hold as well. I did once make some steps quite similar to yours by cutting and folding some thin aluminium sheet into a cradle, holding all the components in place for soldering, but that was itself a time-consuming job, and I was no quicker in getting my steps made.
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I'd have used regular Araldite for this. Not the quick-setting variants, they don't hold as well. I did once make some steps quite similar to yours by cutting and folding some thin aluminium sheet into a cradle, holding all the components in place for soldering, but that was itself a time-consuming job, and I was no quicker in getting my steps made.
Andy