Solid Tooling Recycling

Carbide End Mills & Drill Bits Buyers

We buy scrap solid carbide tooling of all shapes and sizes. Get paid top cash rates for chipped, broken, or worn-out machinery tooling.

Scrap carbide end mills and drill bits on a workbench

Turn Spent Solid Tooling Into Working Capital

Solid carbide cutting tools like end mills, drills, and burrs represent the highest-grade tungsten carbide scrap. Manufactured with premium sub-micron grain structures to withstand intense heat and friction, these tools are highly prized by metal refiners.

Whether your machine shop produces automotive parts, aerospace components, or custom molds, you likely accumulate boxes of chipped and worn-out end mills and broken drill bits. Instead of letting them gather dust, Carbide Buyers Canada turns these spent assets into instant cash flow.

Types of Solid Carbide Tools We Purchase

We accept all brands, coatings (TiAlN, AlTiN, TiN), sizes, and states of solid tooling:

  • Solid Carbide End MillsFlat, ball nose, corner radius, roughing end mills of all diameters.
  • Carbide Drill BitsTwist drills, indexable drill heads, micro-drills, masonry/metal drills.
  • Reamers & TapsSolid carbide thread mills, spiral taps, precision reamers.
  • Specialty Rotary ToolsCarbide burrs, routers, woodworking bits, custom milling cutters.

Sorting & Cleanliness Requirements

To get paid the maximum rate for your scrap end mills and drill bits, check these quick details:

  • No High-Speed Steel (HSS): High-speed steel tools are significantly less valuable than solid carbide. You can identify HSS tools by using a magnet (solid carbide is only weakly magnetic due to cobalt content, whereas steel is highly magnetic). HSS tools also feel much lighter than solid carbide tools of the same size.
  • Separate Steel Shanks: If you have brazed tools (carbide heads welded onto steel shanks), please keep them in a separate pile. They will be valued under our mixed/brazed pricing tier.
  • Keep Containers Organized: Storing your spent mills in heavy plastic buckets or original tool tubes makes transport, scaling, and processing fast and easy.