I have a working DIY pick place machine
State as at July 2011:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFtt7RTR2k]DIY Homemade PCB SMT Pick Place machine 2011 July - YouTube[/ame]
I'm fairly active with incremental improvements
I keep track of the details of the machine are on my own webpages at Home made pick place SMT machine
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