Craig,
I recommend that, in addition to used equipment dealers (beware of brokers,  
though) that you check out the original equipment manufacturers.  Sometimes  
they have trade-ins (upgrades), demo models, etc. and they generally will sell  
the equipment with the latest upgrades and a warranty - and they'll support 
it  further down the line (for usually at least 10 years).  And their field  
service people can usually give you the history of the machine ("it was run by a 
 little old lady who only cleaned PCBs on Thursdays....")
Equipment shopping - new or used, is a lot like shopping for a car:   it gets 
real tired after a while and caveat emptor!
 
Phil Zarrow
ITM Consulting
Durham, NH  USA



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