You got a P/N on that guy? I also use the table-bending method on DIP packages.
Why do they spread the leads like that? I notice my jumper wire kit for my breadboard does the same thing on the wires. Is it done to DIP packages for automatic insertion or retention reasons before wave soldering? That's the only thing I could think of.
The $5 cutters available at Techni-Tool and at variety of other vendors are indispensable as lead cutters. I think they also get branded as Xcelite and several others I can't remember. They're all about $5 and make excellent lead cutters.
Mouser sells red plastic lead benders for axial resistors, diodes, etc. A must-have if you do a lot of breadboard work as you can get exact bends on all .1" spacings, and a right angle bend on the lead helps in sticking a probe clip on the lead.
The Soldapult DS017 is the only solder pump extractor worth owning. OKi sells the same thing branded as their own, as does a third company I can't remember. Fry's carries them as does practically any online vendor.
A pair of Pakistani EROP-AASA tweezers from Digikey are excellent fine tweezers for only $3 a pair. You can get the Italian made version from Mouser for $8 if you are placing an order there.
Any blunted tweezers are great for putting in/pulling out jumper wires on breadboards, especially the single links. I use a pair I took out of the medicine cabinet that were next to the fingernail trimmers.
A set of six small phillips and small straight screwdrivers are indispensable. Available at lots of vendors.
Multi-turn cermet pots are nice to have on hand to get a particular resistance value if you don't have that value of resistor laying around. I like the Bourns 3296 series, but that are expensive. I have maybe a half dozen in various values.
An old toaster oven makes a great reflow oven if you find yourself having to use a leadless (QFN, DFN) package (or one with a heatsink pad on the bottom).