I've never done any SMT designs, and I'm wondering how many people here have, and how they've done it.

There's an interesting article in Elektor from December I think that details how they converted an old mini toaster oven into a reflow oven. Has anyone used this technique? Is there a better way to do cheap, fast SMT prototyping? Does anyone etch their own boards too?

Any tips, methods, experiences would be much appreciated. Thanks folks...