-Many companies sell reconditioned tools. (it sort of amazes me that there are that many reconditioned tools available.) My experience with them and other reconditioned goods has been excellent. The problem in finding them is you can't be certain any one tool company will have the particular tool you want.

Go to www.google.com and search: Be as specific as you want to be. For example a search on "reconditioned tools" delivered 39,000 hits! On "reconditioned drills" only 18,300. On "reconditioned Makita drills, 1,390.

Amazon.com, harborfreight.com, tylertool.com, redmond-machinery.com/ and ipstool.com are worth a shot if you just want to explore.

However, don't dally. They seem to only get a handful of any particular tool at a time and they are sold quickly.

I haven't had much success with finding good condition used power hand tools that were priced much below the reconditioned ones.

-Garage sales. Estate sales. Auctions. Machinery dealers. Newspaper classified ads. Grocery store bulletin boards.