Here is a list of the tools I used in this project.
The list describes a well-equipped workshop for general-purpose, small scale woodworking projects. These are the tools I used. Can you do it without having to equip a complete workshop? Sure, you can. Not everybody has a band saw, drill press, bench grinder, and scroll saw. But everybody knows somebody who has this stuff. Unless you live in downtown Manhattan, chances are there's a guy in your neighborhood who's into woodworking, spending his weekends cobbling out end tables and flower boxes that nobody wants. He'd like nothing better than to justify all that equipment by letting you use it for a worthwhile project such as Fred. A six-pack of Coors can do wonders toward getting you into the workshop of your dreams.
And if you can't find a guy like that? Substitute hand tools for all that bench stuff. A hand drill can drill whatever we want to drill here; it's just easier with a drill press.
But, you ask, what if I'm not even a handy person? What if I don't know how to use tools, don't know a mortice from a Mortimer? I respond respectfully, either you are about to learn, or you ought not to be getting into stuff like this. Get someone else to build Fred for you and spend your time more productively stealing jokes from other ventriloquists and practicing the labials.