Thanks for the replies and suggested brands.

My dad used to have a bunch of rental properties and my shed has accumulated an embarassing amount of cheap abandoned bikes that my dad promised he was going to work on but will probably never fix. Nothing extraodinary except a vintage Sears Roebuck 3 speed IGH, and a rather nice unidentified butted steel frame road bike which is sadly too big for me but I figure I can fix them for kids, nieces/nephews rather than just throw them away. Plus its a good excuse to buy some pretty tools and learn a new skill.

A few questions about specific tools:

Cable cutters - what is the difference between these and some quality linesmans cutters?

T-handle allen wrenches - whats the advantage of these over say a socket and rachet type setup? I have a set of L allen wrenches and short and long allen wrench sockets already. I have thumb ratchets and mini-ratchets, so small torque applications are no problem.

Beer - whats a good brand? I prefer the small independent ones but what have you found to best lubricate those nasty jobs?

I believe all the bottom brackets I'll be working on will be the standard threaded kind as most of the bikes are older bikes One of my personal bike has a Shimano octalink crank, I didn't really look at the bottom bracket standard on that bike. A recent acquisition has late 90s era Campy Record groupset though I haven't taken a close look at it; I assume its standard as well.

I have the thinking of adapting my engine stand simply because of space constraints. I don't know how well the wife will tolerate another "big" fixture around. I'll do a how to when I build it up.