Hand tools and power tools, stocked properly.

Milwaukee M18 FUEL Drill/Driver (Bare Tool)

The M18 FUEL uses a brushless motor rated at 1,200 in-lbs of torque. All-metal chuck, two-speed gearbox, and a belt clip that actually...

• Stocks the full size range, not just the two most popular
• Same-day dispatch on orders placed before 2 p.m. Weekdays
• Buying decisions made by someone who has used the tools on site

Bahco 9-Piece Combination Spanner Set (8-19mm)

Chrome vanadium steel, polished ring end, open jaw ground to 15 degrees. The 9-piece covers 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, and 19mm....

• Buying decisions made by someone who has used the tools on site
• Catalog reviewed every January, slow movers cleared out
• No minimum order quantity on fasteners or blades

Diablo 7-1/4" 40T Framing Blade (3-pack)

Thin-kerf carbide-tipped blade optimised for framing lumber and engineered wood. The 40-tooth count balances cut speed with finish...

• No minimum order quantity on fasteners or blades
• Three battery platforms stocked in depth: Milwaukee, Makita, DeWalt
• Returns handled in-house, not routed through a manufacturer

How Gearbox started

Marcus Holt spent nine years as a site carpenter before opening Gearbox Tool Supply in 2017. The problem he kept running into was simple: local suppliers stocked the popular sizes and nothing else. You could get a 25mm spade bit or a 50mm spade bit, but the 32mm you actually needed for the cable run was a special order that took two weeks. He got tired of driving to three different places or waiting on slow freight, so he opened a shop that stocked the full range from the start.

The first location was a 600-square-foot unit on Millbrook Industrial Estate. Marcus ran it alone for the first eighteen months, ordering every Tuesday, packing every order himself, and closing Sundays. The turning point came in early 2019 when a local electrical contractor started ordering weekly and introduced Gearbox to four other contractors in the same building. That word-of-mouth cluster pushed stock turnover high enough to justify a second staff member and a proper inventory system. By 2021 the shop had moved to a larger unit two streets over and added the online catalog.

— Pete Callahan