I have seen 4 or 5 reconditioned and seriously I can not tell they were not brand new. I tore one apart last night because of an issue and every part looked brand new. I really believe CarveWright gets these refurbs up to spec. If you want to send it in for repair than yes get a new one. Heck I ordered a part and had it back to me in 3 days, I barely could have got the machine to them in 3 days.
I do not believe any certified refurbished machine is any more likely to be a lemon than a new one. I would buy another in a heart beat. It was a lot easier cutting the hood for a dust collector and adding the Rock to a refurb for me than it would have been cutting up a new 2000.00 machine. Heck I really did not want to cut the 1 inch off my refurb it looked so pretty.