I've been using AP circuits for a long time for my one-off protos, and 
will continue to do so for my actual product prototypes since their 
basic prototype service is perfect for my needs - quick turn, reasonably 
low cost, and who cares about silkscreen for the protos anyways?   The 
Advanced circuits Barebonespcb.com service is similar as well...

The problem is that I fairly often will run into a situation where AP 
circuits (or the Advanced Circuits equivalent) service is "too good" for 
my needs - I don't need next-business-day turns, and I really don't need 
the accuracy that these services offer.  Sometimes I only need one 
sided.   These are typically for internal use here - for example to 
build a piece of "automated test equipment" to test various products 
we're building.

Today I'm just building these circuits on a perfboard since is 
significantly less expensive, but would like to move to some sort of 
PCB.    But I'm not really interested in etching them myself.

So, my question is whether or not there's a shop out there which builds 
adequate quality "hobbyist" boards for dirt cheap.  I'm thinking someone 
using a LPKF machine or older PCB equipment which has long since paid 
for itself ....  I do want someone who will take gerbers, so ExpressPCB 
isn't really an option for me...

Ideas?

-forrest
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