George Henry & Co Ltd is a Christchurch tool and equipment specialist based at 47 Manchester St, supplying the tools, machinery and consumables that keep local workshops, job sites and home sheds running. Its catalogue spans more than twenty departments — cordless and 240V power tools, hand tools, cutting tools, abrasives, chemicals, electrical gear, measuring equipment, safety products and tool storage among them.
Cordless ranges from Bosch, Hikoki, Milwaukee, Makita and Metabo sit alongside a deep 240V line-up of grinders, saws, drills, routers and sanders, while the machinery and welding departments cover everything from drill presses and water blasters to RazorWeld and Viper welding machines, MIG and TIG wire, helmets and gas accessories. Regular promotions, manufacturer redemptions and a seasonal Toolbox catalogue keep new reasons to visit in steady supply.
The full range can be shopped online, with customer accounts for order tracking and express checkout, a Favourites list, and featured specials on complete tool chest kits, socket sets and machines. Whether it's a single drill bit or a 254-piece chest, the aim is the same: the right tool, ready when you are.
On Manchester Street in Christchurch, George Henry & Co Ltd has built its offering around a simple idea: whatever the job, the tool for it should be on the shelf. More than twenty product departments make up the catalogue, spanning cordless and 240V power tools, hand tools, machinery, welding gear, abrasives, chemicals, electrical equipment, safety products and tool storage. It is a range that serves a tradie grabbing a single blade on a Friday afternoon just as well as a workshop kitting out from scratch.
Browsing the site, the depth becomes clear quickly. Cutting Tools alone runs from burrs, drills and files to holesaws, threading tools, bandsaw blades and reamers. Hand Tools covers circlip pliers, hammers, socket sets, wrenches, torque equipment and everything in between. Measuring spans calipers, micrometers, dial indicators and laser equipment. For anyone setting up or upgrading a workspace, one order can cover the vice on the bench, the drill press beside it and the blades in the drawer.
Cordless shoppers can browse by brand — Bosch, Hikoki, Milwaukee, Makita and Metabo each have dedicated sections, along with kits such as the featured Metabo 18V brushless two-piece combo. The 240V line-up is just as deep: angle grinders, circular and compound cut-off saws, hammer drills, impact wrenches, magnetic based drills, routers, planers, sanders, straight grinders and vacuums. Power tool accessories get their own department too, from SDS and router bits to diamond cutting discs, chucks and carbon brushes.
That brand focus matters beyond the shelf. George Henry runs regular manufacturer redemptions with Bosch, Hikoki, Makita and Milwaukee, so a new cordless platform can arrive with a bonus attached — worth checking before any major purchase.
The machinery and welding departments give the store its heavier edge. Machinery covers bandsaws, bench grinders, drill presses, compressors, generators, sanders, water blasters, lifting equipment and stands and tables, while Vices & Clamps runs from bench and drill press vices to StrongHand clamps. Welding is a department of its own, with RazorWeld and Viper machines, MIG and TIG wire, electrodes, helmets, torches and gas and plasma accessories — the featured Weldco 200amp pulse MIG welder gives a sense of the kit on offer.
Supporting all of it are the everyday departments: abrasives for cutting, grinding, sanding and polishing; chemicals from adhesives and Loctite to degreasers, cutting fluid and corrosion protection; lubrication including food-grade options; electrical items such as batteries, chargers, work lights and detectors; and a Safety section covering eye, ear, hand and head protection, respirator masks and face shields.
Tool storage rounds out the range: empty tool boxes, bags, belts and pouches, and complete tool kits from names like Powerbuilt and King Tony that arrive as ready-made workshop cores. For apprentices building a first toolkit or veterans replacing a tired chest, these sets are among the store's most eye-catching featured products.
The homepage doubles as a specials board. Featured products rotate through offers on complete chest kits, deep impact socket sets and machines, and the seasonal Toolbox catalogue — the current edition covers June to August — pulls the highlights together in one place.
Shopping happens both ways. The full range can be ordered through the website, and an account brings order tracking, express checkout and a Favourites list for the tools you keep meaning to buy. The company also publishes its customer feedback alongside a 'Why Us?' page, a sign it thinks about service as deliberately as it thinks about stock.
For Christchurch's tradies, engineers, fabricators and workshop tinkerers, George Henry & Co Ltd is the stop that keeps the toolbox full — from the one screwdriver bit you need today to the welder you've been saving up for.