Found some actually usefull looking helping hands

[rif]

For $30 its worth a try. And you can add extra arms. Be sure to check out the end of the video. I've always enjoyed sparkfun's quirky humor.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11784

And for those of us perfectionist/ocd types, a resistor bender. Again, for $3 its worth a try.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13114

 

[rayma]

For $30 its worth a try. And you can add extra arms. And for those of us
perfectionist/ocd types, a resistor bender. [/url]

Lead benders are great, an exact fit for the pcb holes, and no trauma on the leads.

 

[Enzo]

And if you want to get fancy, you can buy lead bending pliers, the jaws are round instead of flat in the middle, so you can grip a wire, and twist the pliers, thus bending the wire around a smooth curved jaw surface. Note in the example, one face is flat like normal pliers, but the other is round and conical.

Wrapping, Bending, Forming & Wire Twisting Pliers | OttoFrei.com

And for the super fancy, you can get a tool that puts those little kinks in a wire lead, so the part sits X distance off the board.