[sdiy] Cheap ( and I mean CHEAP ) PCB source?

[Ryan Williams]

for tiny boards, I was looking at: www.futurlec.com  . shipping is $5. 
the price i see for this without soldermask/silkscreen is:

Length: 40.00 mm
Width: 30.00 mm
Area: 1200.00 mm sq
Board Type: Single-Sided

Printed Circuit Board Quotation
Qty	Description	Each	Total
50	Single-Sided Printed Circuit Boards 	0.84	42.00
1	Setup and Artwork for above boards 	15.00	15.00
Total (USD)	57

thats the same rate for PCBs no matter how many, atleast thats how the 
PCB quote program shows it. i don't know if they have any other rules 
but that looks like a deccent price. for soldermask ($12) or silkscreen 
($12) it is another 1 time fee per design. I've ordered boards from them 
before. they ship pretty quickly (1-2 weeks). I'm waiting for my second 
PCB from futurlec right now.
http://www.sdiy.org/destrukto/vc-echo.html
has a picture of the board I bought from them, but I expect you know 
that URL :)

-ryan

Tom Arnold wrote:
> I've got a few companies that I've used for boards, but I need to make up
> some adapter boards, they'll measure about 40x30mm and just adapt a surface
> mount CPU to DIP.  Ideally these should cost around $1 ea in quantity.
> 
> I'm looking into buying these boards from a place in Latvia, but the shipping 
> cost plus the bank transfer fees makes them pricey enough that I'm having to
> consider just making the board here stateside unstead.
>