Get a Carbide Scrap Quote

1What form is it in?

Pick everything that applies. Mixed buckets are fine.

2About how much?

A rough number is fine. Bucket and box counts help too.

Approximate weightOr how many containers

3Photos

Up to 6. One wide shot of everything, then close-ups of the pieces.

Add photos

4Ship it or have us pick up?

Ship it to usFrom anywhere in the US. We pay the shipping.Pick it upAnywhere in California, Arizona or Nevada.

CityStateZIP

5How do we reach you?

Your nameCompany (optional)

PhoneEmail (optional)

Anything else?Best way to reach you

By sending this you agree that CarbideBuyerUSA may call, text or email you about this quote. Your details and photos are used to answer this request and for nothing else.

The five steps on the form

Form. Tick each kind of carbide in the lot. A coffee can of broken end mills mixed with a few inserts gets two ticks. Tick Exotic metals as well if titanium, Inconel or another alloy is part of it, and name the alloy in the box that opens.
Amount. A weight in pounds or kilograms, or a container count such as three pails and a drum. Guesses are welcome; just say it is a guess in the notes.
Photos. Up to six pictures from your phone or computer. Tips are below.
Ship or pickup. Shipping works from any state, and we pay the shipping. Pickup is for California, Arizona and Nevada, in every city. Either way, add the city and state where the material sits.
Contact. Your name and phone are required; company and email are optional. Choose Call me or Email me at the bottom, and that is how we answer.

Each step is covered in more depth on How it works.

Photo tips for a carbide lot

Pour a sample out. Spread a double handful of pieces on cardboard or a bench top instead of shooting into a deep bucket.
Get close enough to read the shapes. Insert geometry, flute counts on end mills and the braze line on a tipped tool all show at arm's length or nearer.
Keep sorted bags sorted. If you already split coated inserts from uncoated, or solids from grindings, photograph each bag on its own.
Show the steel, too. Insert holders, the steel shanks of brazed tools and saw plates still attached to carbide change what the lot is, so leave them in the picture.
Open the sludge. For grindings or sludge, take the lid off so we can see how wet it is.

The form shrinks large photos before they upload, so phone pictures at full size are fine. For help splitting a mixed lot before you shoot it, see how to sort carbide scrap.

Gloved hands sorting used carbide inserts by coating into small steel bins

What happens after you press Send

Your answers and photos arrive at our inbox as one email. Nothing else is needed from you at that point.

We look over the photos, the form and the weight, and then we reach out the way you picked: a phone call if you chose Call me, an email if you chose Email me. That is where the quote comes from, and where we sort out the details of shipping boxes or a pickup visit.

If the form will not send, the message on screen says so. Call (877) 838-9920 or email the photos to help@carbidebuyerusa.com instead. The line takes calls only. What the form sends and what the site keeps is set out on the privacy page.

Questions sellers ask

Can I send a carbide scrap quote request with no photos?

Yes. The form goes through without them, but a picture answers questions a weight cannot, such as coated or uncoated and how much steel is attached. You can always email photos afterward to help@carbidebuyerusa.com.

I have more than six photos. Where do the rest go?

The form takes the first six. Email any extra pictures to help@carbidebuyerusa.com with your name in the subject so we can match them to your form.

Do you need my ZIP code?

No, the ZIP is optional. The city and state are required, because they tell us whether the lot ships or whether we can come to you in California, Arizona or Nevada.