There are fairly decent small pick-and-place machines you can get for <$3000.
A usable re-flow oven can be had for $300. At these costs, it does not take
many outside assembly house runs to pay for the machinery... maybe even one.
If your board has components on only one side, the do-it-yourself route is a
bit easier.
I know a couple of people that made their own pick-and-place machines. One is
rather neat (optical imaging, etc) and out-performs some $10,000+ machines,
except for maybe speed. He built it over a couple of weeks from junk parts.
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