Carbide Scrap Quote From Your Photos

1What do you have?

Tick each kind in the lot. A mixed tub is fine.

2Roughly how much?

A guess is enough. Counting pails or boxes works too.

Approximate weightOr how many containers

3Photos

Up to 6: the whole lot first, then a few pieces up close.

Add photos

4Ship it, or pick it up?

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

CityStateZIP

5Your contact details

Your nameCompany (optional)

PhoneEmail (optional)

Anything else?Best way to reach you

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

Filling it in for the lot on your bench

Find the row that looks like your scrap. It tells you which box to tick in step 1, how to give the amount in step 2, and which photo saves us a question later.

Your lot	Tick	Amount	The photo that helps most
A pail of worn inserts	Inserts	Weight, or a pail count	A handful spread out, edges up
Snapped end mills and drills	End mills & drills	Weight, or a box count	Flutes and shanks side by side
Rods, blanks and offcuts	Rods & blanks	Weight	A few pieces beside a tape measure
Saw blades and brazed tools	Brazed & saw tips	Weight with the steel, noted as such	The steel body and its tips in one frame
Dies, wear parts, mining or road bits	Dies & wear parts, or Mining & road bits	Weight, or a piece count	The largest piece, and any steel still on it
Grinding sludge or powder	Grindings, sludge & powder	Weight, or a container count	The container with its lid off
A bit of everything	Mixed carbide, plus each form you can see	A container count	One wide shot of the whole lot
Titanium, nickel alloys or other exotics	Exotic metals, then name the alloy	Weight, per alloy if you can	Each alloy on its own

A flute is one of the spiral grooves along a cutting tool, and the shank is the plain end the machine grips. A brazed tool has a carbide tip joined to a steel body, so its weight is mostly steel; say so in the notes.

Only four things are required: at least one ticked form, your name, a phone number with the area code, and the city and state. The weight, company, email and ZIP can stay blank. For the whole sale, from the first photo to getting paid, see how selling works.

Getting photos that answer our questions

Start wide. One shot of the whole lot as it sits, pails, boxes and all, shows us how much there is.
Then lay a handful out. Spread some pieces on a flat, plain surface in daylight, so shapes, edges and coatings are easy to read.
Put something beside them for size. A tape measure or a coin next to a rod or a die tells us more than a guess in inches.
One photo per bag. If you have already split the lot, shoot each bag on its own so the sorting shows.

Big phone photos are fine, because the form shrinks each one before it uploads. If you are not sure a piece is carbide at all, the guide on how to identify carbide walks through the checks.

A call or an email back: you pick

Step 5 ends with a choice: Call me or Email me. Your answers and photos come to our inbox together, as one email, and we answer the way you picked. The quote, and the plan for boxes or a pickup visit, comes out of that conversation.

If the screen says the form did not go through, call (877) 899-5778 or email the photos to help@carbidebuyersusa.com. The line takes calls only. What the form sends, and what the site keeps, is on the privacy page.

Common questions

Is a guessed weight good enough for a quote request?

Yes. Say in the notes that it is a guess, or give a container count instead. The photos fill in what a number leaves out.

Can I email my photos instead of using the form?

Yes. Send them to help@carbidebuyersusa.com with your name and phone number in the message. Email also carries any pictures past the six the form takes.

Does the quote form work on a phone?

Yes. The photo box opens your phone's camera or photo library, and the form shrinks each picture before it uploads.