I always found the best combination was a photo resist method, with a small CNC machine for drilling and routing the PCB.
precision and accuracy is all about alignment, so i built alignment guides into all my printouts.
I uploaded some photos of a one + the alignment guides I used, i even did nickel plating and a silkscreen on this one...
heres a short video of the CNC drilling machine too, it was homemade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiIWB1PsAg8
used to take maybe 1-2 hours start to finish to manufacture a full PCB