About

About QWORK

We supply MRO parts. That stands for maintenance, repair and operations. The parts you reach for when something breaks, wears out or needs to be built in the first place.

What we carry

Right now our catalogue holds 1,274 individual parts across 17 departments. You will find safety and lockout equipment, painting and finishing supplies, adhesives, welding gear, drill bits and cutting tools. We carry pneumatic fittings, lab supplies, electrical components, hose assemblies and power transmission parts. There are material handling products, measuring instruments, hand tools, clamps, fasteners, storage systems and general workshop supplies. Most sell as shop packs with a stated piece count. Our deepest pack runs to 5000 pieces. The materials we list most often are stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, aluminium, nylon and rubber.

We do not make any of this ourselves. We have no factory, no foundry, no assembly line. What we do is source from manufacturers around the world and then evaluate every new line before it enters the catalogue. A small team handles purchasing and testing. They have worked with their hands. They know what a caliper reads and what a thread gauge feels like when it seats correctly.

We think a five-star graphic with twelve responses tells you less than a thread pitch written in inches or a load limit written in pounds.

How a line gets approved

Our process is straightforward but strict. When a sample arrives at our desk, we read the specification printed on the part itself or on its packaging. Then we verify it. We run threads through a go/no-go gauge. We check whether the load rating stamped on a shackle or hook matches what the spec sheet claims. If a fitting lists a working pressure in PSI, we note that number and confirm it comes from the manufacturer's documentation, not from marketing copy.

Parts that look correct on the surface but cannot be verified against a concrete measurement get sent back. We add them to the catalogue only when we can stand behind what the label says.

This approach has limits, and we want to be clear about them. Of the 1,274 parts we carry, 264 publish full dimensions we trust enough to print. For the rest, the specification we receive carries placeholder figures: numbers that fill a field but describe nothing. We refuse to publish those, and we would rather leave a measurement blank than print one nobody measured. Similarly, 846 parts state a material, 48 state a thread size, 28 state a bore or diameter, 162 state a load rating and 26 state a pressure rating. Where a fact is missing, we leave it blank rather than guess.

What we publish, and what we leave blank

We also do not collect ratings or reviews. None appear on this site because none have been gathered. We think a five-star graphic with twelve responses tells you less than a thread pitch written in inches or a load limit written in pounds. So we give you the latter.

Three public standards shape how we write about certain categories. We read OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 on lockout/tagout procedures, 1910.184 on sling inspection and 1910.242 on safe use of hand and pneumatic tools. When our guides reference these sections, we quote the language directly so you can check it against the original text.

Where we stop

The prices in our catalogue update regularly. They range from under six dollars for small consumables to around one hundred eighty dollars for larger storage and tool items. We aim to keep them low enough that a professional mechanic, a weekend DIYer or a procurement officer at a midsize company can stock up without negotiating a contract.

That is who we are. A sourcing operation that tests samples, prints only what it can verify and leaves the rest blank.