We buy tungsten carbide tooling and scrap from New Hampshire machine shops and manufacturers — most lots ship through our mail-in program, with freight and pickup for larger volumes. From our Chicago-area base.
Machine shops, precision manufacturers, aerospace and defense suppliers, electronics and medical device makers in Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Derry and Dover.
Send clear photos, approximate weight, whether the lot is sorted or mixed, and your New Hampshire city. Brand and grade markings help when visible.
Carbide is dense and high-value per pound, which makes it ideal for mail-in. Most New Hampshire carbide lots — a coffee can of inserts, a box of worn end mills — ship in a padded mailer or flat-rate box. You get a confirmed price before shipping, and settlement follows after the material is received and verified.
Solid carbide, inserts and mixed lots price differently. Separate solid tooling from inserts and keep obvious steel, ceramic and coated pieces out of the box. Sorted lots price cleaner; mixed lots still sell, just at the mixed rate.
A bathroom scale is fine for an estimate. Carbide value is weight-driven, so a rough pound figure with your photos gets you a real number fast — no need to be exact to the ounce.
Carbide is heavy for its size. Use a sturdy box, pack it snug so nothing shifts, include your contact info, and send the tracking number. Larger volumes — barrels, pallets, shop cleanouts — go by freight or coordinated pickup.
New Hampshire’s precision economy is built on cutting metal. Machine shops, aerospace suppliers and medical device makers across the state cycle through carbide tooling every week — and the worn tooling is worth real money instead of a trip to the scrap barrel.
Job shops and production floors burn through inserts, end mills and drills daily. A bucket of used inserts from a busy shop is a serious lot — collect it, photograph it, weigh it, ship it.
Southern New Hampshire aerospace and defense suppliers and electronics manufacturers run tight-tolerance work with high carbide consumption. Tool crib cleanouts and engineering changeovers turn up unused inserts and surplus tooling too.
Medical device work means precision machining and frequent tooling changes. Shops serving this sector generate steady streams of used inserts and solid carbide tooling — exactly the kind of lot that mails well.
Selling more than carbide? Ironcrest also buys copper wire and cable and used electrical equipment from New Hampshire sellers.
Send photos and an approximate weight to [email protected] or call 312-880-8174. We confirm a price, then you mail the lot or ship it by freight. Larger volumes — barrels, pallets, full shop cleanouts — can qualify for coordinated pickup.
Used and unused inserts, solid carbide end mills and drills, burrs, reamers, wear parts, blanks and mixed carbide scrap. Grinding sludge and dust can work by volume — send details and photos.
Not required, but it pays. Sorted lots — solid tooling separate from inserts — price higher than mixed. Keep steel shanks, ceramic and obviously non-carbide pieces out. When in doubt, send photos and we’ll tell you what you’ve got.
Photograph the lot, get the price confirmed, pack it tight in a sturdy box or padded mailer with your contact info inside, and send the tracking number. Settlement follows after the material arrives and is checked. Freight covers anything too heavy for parcel service.
Send photos for today’s price: photos, approximate weight, sorted or mixed, and your New Hampshire city. Carbide prices move with the market, so per-pound numbers aren’t posted — but a photo and a weight get you a real number fast.
Have carbide inserts, end mills, drills or wear parts to sell in New Hampshire? Send photos and approximate weight to [email protected] or call 312-880-8174 for today’s price.
Carbide grades and forms price differently — solid tooling, inserts and mixed lots are three different deals. Photos and a weight let us identify the lot and price it for what it actually is.
Photograph the material, nameplates and quantity, then send them through the quote form, by email or by phone.
We review what the material is, its condition and quantity, and whether it fits a direct purchase.
For qualifying material, we discuss a direct purchase offer and the next steps.