> I had to do this for some LED displays and tried several methods. All
> worked to get length, but pre-clipping as (1) and (2) were experiments
> only
> 
> 1) as Mike Hord suggested, using a piece of drilled mdf

Possibly.  But ...


> 2) glue a piece of mdf to one of the jaws of the cutters. You can cut
> with the right hand as you position the bottom of the LED body agin
> the mdf. Excess lead is between the jaws

That's sort of what I was thinking too, but the jaws on the cutters I have are so small, that it's difficult to glue anything onto it.


> 3) insert LEDs with unclipped leads, then flip the board and suspend it
> so that LEDs drop to the right length lead. Solder, clip

Sounds sooo cut and dry in theory.  :-)

Perhaps I should go shopping for a pair of cutters with a larger tip and then try to glue something to that.  But still hoping there's a tool I can purchase already made for this purpose.

Cheers,
-Neil.

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