Sell Your Carbide Scrap in DeMotte, Indiana

Carbide inserts

Used and worn lathe and mill inserts from equipment repair and machine shops — any brand, any grade, loose or in drums.

End mills and drills

Solid carbide end mills, drills, reamers, and taps — dull, broken, or chipped, they all count.

Brazed tooling

Brazed carbide lathe bits, saw blades, and wear tooling from ag equipment repair and installs — sorted honestly, never lumped in with steel.

Grinding sludge

Carbide grinding sludge and turnings from sharpening and regrind work — we test it and pay on recovery.

Tungsten heavy alloy

Heavy-alloy parts like boring bars and counterweights — XRF-verified and graded by tungsten content.

See everything we buy and how the process works at Sell Carbide Scrap, and read our plain-English market breakdown at Scrap Carbide Prices.

DeMotte is the kind of town where the equipment dealers and repair shops are the industrial base. Between planting and harvest, their service bays run full — and all winter long they rebuild: turning shafts, facing flanges, sharpening blades, machining replacement parts for the equipment that keeps the surrounding farmland working. Every lathe and mill in those shops leaves a trail of worn carbide, and the contractors who build and repair for the farm trade add their own — drills, saw blades, and cutters used hard on farm construction and installs.

Farm-country business is personal, and so am I. I am a newcomer to this trade who treats every seller like a long-term partner, and I grade every pound of carbide in front of you so you see exactly what you have. When winter rebuild season fills the drum, one text to 312-880-8174 tells you today’s number — and the scheduled run brings me to DeMotte.

Here is the honest difference between me and the general scrap yard up the road. A general yard buys carbide as just another metal — it gets blended into a mixed load and paid at a blended rate that drags your carbide down to the level of cheap mixed metal. They do not sort grades, because sorting carbide properly is its own job.

I do one thing: I buy carbide, and I grade it with an XRF analyzer that reads the metal’s actual composition in seconds. Inserts, brazed tooling, and heavy alloy each carry different value, so each gets its own number — today’s number for that grade, not an average dragged down by whatever else was in the load. That is why equipment dealers, repair shops, and contractors across Jasper County call a specialist instead of hauling carbide to the general yard.

When you text 312-880-8174, I answer — Sonny, the owner of Ironcrest Industrial Surplus. There is no call center, no broker in the middle, and no trainee learning on your material. I run the XRF test, I make the offer, and I am the one who shows up on the pickup run.

Farm-country sellers talk, and my name travels on the quality of the last deal. If I grade your carbide straight and pay fast, you tell the next shop in DeMotte. That is the whole business plan, and it is why sellers across Jasper County keep my number in their phones.

Do you buy tungsten carbide scrap in DeMotte, Indiana?

Yes — from ag equipment dealers and repair shops, machine shops, and contractors across DeMotte and Jasper County. Inserts, end mills, drills, brazed tooling, wear parts, and grinding sludge — any quantity.

How do I get today’s number?

Text a photo of your material to 312-880-8174 and I will tell you what grade it is and today’s number — fast, no games. My price is published right on this page: a firm $18–$20 a pound for clean, sorted tungsten carbide inserts, end mills, and drills. The national buyer boards pay $8–$15 a pound — scrap yards are not paying a fair price, and I pay way more than the national average. You watch the digital scale, and you are paid within 24–48 hours.

Do you pick up carbide in DeMotte?

Yes, on our scheduled pickup runs through Jasper County — send photos and I will tell you when I can be there. Small lots can mail in with a prepaid label instead.

How is carbide graded?

With an XRF analyzer — a handheld scanner that reads the metal’s composition in seconds. That tells us the grade, and each grade gets today’s number for that grade. No blending, no guessing.

How do I know my tooling is real carbide?

Real carbide is heavy for its size — it feels wrong in your hand, roughly twice the weight of steel. A magnet test helps, since most carbide is only slightly magnetic. Our guide How to Spot Real Tungsten Carbide walks through the checks. When in doubt, text a photo — I will tell you straight.

Based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, we buy carbide scrap across Northwest Indiana, including Rensselaer, Kouts, and Crown Point. See all service areas.