Sell Your Carbide Scrap in Hebron, Indiana

Carbide inserts

Used and worn lathe and mill inserts from repair and small job 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 equipment repair work — 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.

Out here the work follows the farm calendar. The repair shops around Hebron keep combines, planters, and tillage equipment running through planting and harvest, and between seasons they machine and rebuild parts — bushings, shafts, blade edges — on lathes and mills that eat inserts and tooling. Contractors put up grain bins, repair outbuildings, and run metal shops for the farm trade, and their carbide waste piles up in buckets under the workbench all year.

Farm-country shops are built on reputation and a handshake, and that is how I work too. 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 the harvest is over and the drum is full, you already know the number and the man behind it — one text to 312-880-8174 is all it takes.

Here is the honest difference between me and the general scrap yard a town over. 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 repair shops and small manufacturers across south Porter 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.

Small-town 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 Hebron. That is the whole business plan, and it is why sellers across Porter County keep my number in their phones.

Do you buy tungsten carbide scrap in Hebron, Indiana?

Yes — from farm equipment repair shops, small manufacturers, and contractors across Hebron and south Porter 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 Hebron?

Yes, on our scheduled pickup runs through Porter 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 Kouts, Valparaiso, and Crown Point. See all service areas.