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Spaz Monkey:
Bondo, putty knife, drill, cabinet props.

I was going to build a "cabinet dolly" using 2x6's.  The sides of the dolly would be under the cab while the front and back pieces would be level with the bottom of the cab. It would look like  this from the side:    =------= .  The cabinet would fit in the "depression".  I needed to make the dolly since two of the corners didn't have any support for casters.  The whole base is MDF.  To make an already long story short, I didn't complete the dolly, but I still needed access to the bottom of the cab.  I took the front + left side and the back + right side made them into one of those "House for Sale" looking things that get planted in the front yard.  I'm able to lean the cabinet into a 45 degree "lean" where I can work on the bottom.  There's no grip for me to lift it up if I put it on the ground flat.

psychopanda:
Wood chisel. Not having access to a router (yet), I was able to chisel out the trackball mounting plate fairly easy with a chisel, hand saw, and 1 1/8"spade bit. MDF is so easy to cut with a chisel!

Most the other things have been said already; circular saw, rulers, drill, drill bits, etc.

If you're working with MDF, make sure you get some sort of face mask and goggles. It creates ALOT of dust. My second trip to Home Depot I also picked up some plastic sheets to lay over everything in my garage, because that dust gets EVERYWHERE.

Havok:
Don't forget the duct tape!

PCtech:
I have been call the biggest TEWL there is....does that count?  ;D

neuromancer:
I think I used only a circular saw and a cordless drill, but some of the narrow stock came out of my scrap bin, so maybe you'd count the table saw too.. I put it together with screws, so clamps were unnecessary.

http://www.2fiddles.com/arcade/uncabMain.html

Bob

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