Hi, this is a super old post and I'm not even sure how come I can reply to this nor if anyone is reading any of this but I find this article somewhat interesting not the least because it addresses a subject I cannot for the life of me find anything about on the web: if you are going the clone...
Triffid, I'm running against the same problem as you did - dead led and trying to get the thing out
would be really interested if you managed to get it out in the end - and how.
Thanks for sharing