I've been bested by leadless components.  The old ways - using a soldering
pencil, a microscope and a steady hand to place components just don't cut
it anymore.

So I'd like to move into small scale manufacturing.  Specifically I'm
thinking of a Stencil Printer, a small pick and place and a reflow oven.
For example, Manncorp has this:

https://www.manncorp.com/2000-bt-pcb-assemblyline.html

but I'm happy to go with devices from separate manufacturers.  Adafruit has
a nice writeup too:

https://learn.adafruit.com/smt-manufacturing

I'm sure many of you have gone down this path so I thought I'd ask if you
have suggestions, recommendations, things to watch out for and any other
experiences you can share?

I've found several websites that are a pretty good resource, but you folks
have always had great advice for me in the past so your experience is
incredibly valuable.My budget is probably below about $20k.

Thank you for suggestions, input and pointers.

DougM
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