Carbide Attached to Tool Steel Machining Cutters - What to Do?

**HurleyByrd** · 07-07-2021, 08:16 PM

Hi All,

I am an industrial surplus reseller and that means I come across a lot of machining tools, bits, holds, etc....... Many of these items are solid carbide and if they are not saleable.... they go into a carbide barrel. MANY pieces I come across are a mix of tool steel that has a fair amount of carbide attached to hold inserts, etc.....

Can a person sell these at elevated prices or is there a means of separating the carbide from the steel? See photo. The item you are looking at is a high speed cutter with no resale value. the top portion where the inserts get attached is all carbide. The whole unit weighs approx 3 pounds. (Sorry.... I am too new to add a photo.)

Thanks
Pete

**CopperMiner** · 07-07-2021, 11:32 PM

Welcome on the forum. To bypass the image restriction thing, simply use an external hosting image site and post the link here.

**hills** · 07-08-2021, 12:06 PM

You might give it a day or two ... to see if anybody weighs in. Carbide is one of those exotic metals that most of the posters here don't have a great deal of experience with. Seems like one of those specialized areas of knowledge.

Do you have a buyer that you regularly use when the carbide barrel gets full ?

**greytruck** · 07-08-2021, 01:29 PM

Torch and something to knock them off when the carbide turns red. My buddy did this years ago (2010 or 2011) when carbide was $13/lb, But that was for saw blade teeth. i would think it would work the same on milling bits but im not sure.

**HurleyByrd** · 07-08-2021, 04:18 PM

Here's a hosted photo from Google Photos. It doesn't seem to show up for me if I try to insert it here. I supect my newness doesn't allow for adding photos yet. I get that. Here's the URL:

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I can't get the link to stick..... the forum converts it to something that cannot be read.