as Having achieved a Layout and prepared some Gerber Files the time came to get the bare PCB manufactured. I have to confess to going overboard somewhat with this part of the process. There are so many PCB manufacturers and little to choose between them. Should I consider delivery time or price as highest priority? I finished up ordering from 2 Chinese and One Europrean manufacturing houses, the results can be viewed in the Picture Gallery. As far as I can tell at this stage there is little to choose between them in terms of quality however Elecrow were the quick test, PCBNPI had the most reactive support and Eurocurcuits provided some useful additional verification and visualisation tools. All except the latter sent more boards than I had ordered so I have plenty to ruin on my route to mastering Hotplate SMD reflow soldering technique