Start with photos and weight
Photograph the inserts, end mills and tooling as they sit — buckets, boxes or bins. Give the total weight and say whether the lot is sorted or mixed. A bathroom or shop scale reading in the photo helps.
MINNESOTA CARBIDE SCRAP BUYER
Sell Carbide Scrap in Minnesota
Ironcrest Industrial Surplus buys carbide inserts, end mills, drills and wear parts from machine shops and manufacturers across Minnesota. Send photos for today’s price — our mail-in program serves the whole state from our Chicago-area base.
What we buy
- Carbide inserts (used and unused)
- Carbide end mills and drills
- Carbide burrs, reamers and tooling
- Carbide wear parts and blanks
- Tool crib cleanouts
- Sorted or mixed carbide lots
Who we work with
Machine shops, precision machining operations, medical device manufacturers, tool cribs, maintenance departments and job shops from Minneapolis and St. Paul to Rochester, Duluth and Bloomington.
What to send
Clear photos of the material, the total weight, and whether the lot is sorted or mixed. Note any steel, HSS or ceramic mixed in, and include your Minnesota city.
MINNESOTA CARBIDE PURCHASING
Mail-in carbide buying for the whole state
Carbide is compact, heavy and valuable per pound, which makes it ideal for mail-in. Ironcrest is based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, and buys carbide scrap from sellers throughout Minnesota: send photos and the weight, agree on terms, then ship the lot to us. Larger tool crib cleanouts and plant-level quantities can move by freight.
Mail-in for most lots
Most carbide lots ship by mail or parcel in a sturdy box. Pack it tight — carbide is dense and shifts in transit. Send photos first so we confirm what to expect before you ship anything.
Freight for large cleanouts
Tool crib liquidations and plant-level quantities that won’t fit in a box move by freight. Send the pallet or container count, approximate weight, your city and loading details so freight can be quoted and scheduled.
MINNESOTA CARBIDE SOURCES
Precision machining, medical device and Twin Cities job shops
The Minneapolis–St. Paul metro has one of the densest precision machining clusters in the Midwest. CNC job shops in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Bloomington burn through carbide inserts, end mills and drills daily — and the used tooling piles up in buckets, drums and tool crib corners. Scheduled cleanouts turn dead inventory into cash instead of floor space.
Rochester and the Twin Cities medical device sector is another steady source. Medical machining runs tight tolerances and replaces inserts and micro-tooling on strict cycles, so the scrap is clean and well segregated. If your shop runs medical work, keep the carbide separated from HSS and steel — clean lots are faster to review and price.
Duluth’s industrial base and smaller machine shops across the state produce the same material at lower volume: end mills, drills, inserts and wear parts from maintenance and repair work. Even a few pounds is worth a photo; carbide’s value per pound makes small lots worth mailing in.
Sorted beats mixed. If inserts are already separated from end mills and drills, say so — and if everything is in one bucket, that’s fine too, just say it’s mixed. Either way, pull out steel, HSS, ceramic inserts and brazed tips where you can, and give an honest weight. What to send: photos of the lot, total weight, sorted or mixed, and your city.
Selling more than carbide in Minnesota? We also buy copper wire and cable and electrical equipment from Minnesota sellers. Our hub pages cover copper, carbide and electrical buying in full.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Minnesota carbide scrap questions, answered.
What carbide do you buy in Minnesota?
We evaluate used and unused carbide inserts, end mills, drills, burrs, reamers, wear parts, blanks and tool crib cleanouts from anywhere in Minnesota. Send clear photos, the total weight, and whether the lot is sorted or mixed.
How do I get today’s price for carbide scrap?
Send photos, the total weight, a note on sorted versus mixed, and your Minnesota city to [email protected] or call 312-880-8174. Each lot is priced from current market conditions, so public per-pound prices are not posted.
How does mail-in work from Minnesota?
Send photos and the weight first. Once terms are agreed, pack the carbide in a sturdy box — it’s dense and shifts in transit — and ship it to us by mail or parcel. Larger lots that won’t fit in a box move by coordinated freight.
Do you buy mixed carbide lots?
Yes. Mixed buckets of inserts, end mills and drills are fine — just say the lot is mixed and give an honest weight. Sorted lots (inserts separate from end mills, for example) are faster to review, so separate what you reasonably can.
What should I keep out of the carbide?
Pull out steel, high-speed steel (HSS), ceramic inserts and anything brazed to steel where practical. Small amounts of mixed material are normal, but a clean carbide lot reviews and prices faster than one full of non-carbide tooling.
Have carbide inserts, end mills, or tooling to sell in Minnesota? Send photos, weight, sorted or mixed details, and your city to [email protected] or call 312-880-8174 for today’s price.
WHY SEND PHOTOS FIRST
Identification protects value.
Industrial equipment can be worth more intact than as scrap. Clear photos and nameplates help determine whether resale, component recovery or commodity recovery is the best path.
HOW SELLING WORKS
Three steps to an offer.
Send photos
Photograph the material, nameplates and quantity, then send them through the quote form, by email or by phone.
Material review
We review what the material is, its condition and quantity, and whether it fits a direct purchase.
Receive an offer
For qualifying material, we discuss a direct purchase offer and the next steps.