Slant-bed turning centres
Two-axis chuckers and bar machines, with or without live tooling and a Y-axis.
Lathes and turning centres
Sell your CNC lathe or turning centre
Slant-bed turning centres, twin-spindle and live-tool machines, Swiss-types, toolroom lathes and VTLs. Bar feeder and all, running or not, as long as the lathe is over 1 ton.
Picking up across Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and the Sea-to-Sky, from Squamish and Pemberton down to Chilliwack.
Min1 ton
1 ton is 2,000 lb, about 907 kg. Benchtop mills, desktop routers and hobby lasers usually come in lighter, so we can't take them. Not sure about yours? Here's how to check.
Quote requestTell us about the machine
Waiting- Running or deadWorking machines, crashed spindles and dead controls, as long as it's over 1 ton.
- Quote from photosThe make, model, control and nameplate usually tell us enough to price it.
- We load and haulYour electrician disconnects the power. We take care of the rest.
- Squamish to ChilliwackMachine shops, fab shops, cabinet shops and plants across the Lower Mainland.
Lathes we buy
CNC lathes and turning centres we take
From two-axis chuckers to full mill-turn machines, and from Swiss-types running bar stock all night to big-bore lathes for pipe work.
Twin-spindle and twin-turret
Main and sub-spindle machines that finish a part in one cycle.
Swiss-type lathes
Sliding-headstock machines, with or without the guide bushing in use.
Mill-turn machines
Turning centres with a B-axis milling head and a tool magazine.
Toolroom and flatbed CNC lathes
Simpler machines for one-offs and short runs. The smaller ones need a weight check.
Big-bore lathes and VTLs
Pipe and oil-country lathes and vertical turning lathes. Send the swing and the bed length or table size.
Photos
Photos that help us price a lathe
A handful of clear photos covers most of what we'd ask on the phone.
- The whole lathe with the doors open
- The control switched on, showing the hours or any alarm
- The machine nameplate, plus the bar feeder's own nameplate if there is one
- The turret, so we can see the stations and any live tool holders
- The chuck or collet setup on the main spindle and the sub-spindle
- Extras: parts catcher, chip conveyor, steady rest, tailstock
Before pickup
Getting a lathe ready to move
Lathes are long, low and heavy at the headstock end. These steps keep everything where it should be on the trailer.
Home the turret and move the tailstock to the position the manual gives for shipping.
Pull any bar stock out of the bar feeder and the spindle liner.
Have your electrician disconnect the lathe and the bar feeder and make the supply safe.
Drain the coolant tank and the hydraulic unit, or cap the lines if the manual says to.
Uncouple the bar feeder from the lathe so the two can be moved separately.
Bar feeders and extras
What travels with a lathe
Bar feeders, chip conveyors and parts catchers make a lathe worth more, so list them when you send the details. We take the bar feeder with the lathe. It's a separate piece on the trailer, which is why we ask about it up front.
Spare chucks, collet systems, soft jaws and turret blocks can go in a crate with the machine.
Where we pick up
Lathes from shops across the region
We pick up turning centres from Burnaby's Big Bend, Richmond, Tilbury and Annacis Island in Delta, Surrey and Langley, east through Maple Ridge, Mission, Abbotsford and Chilliwack, and north to Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.
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Questions
Questions about selling a CNC lathe
Will you take the bar feeder too?
Yes, together with the lathe. Send a photo of the bar feeder's own nameplate so we know the model and bar capacity. We don't buy bar feeders by themselves.
The turret crashed and won't index. Is it still worth selling?
Yes. Crashed turrets and tired spindles come with the territory on lathes. Tell us what happened and whether the control alarms out, and we'll price it as it sits.
Do you buy Swiss-type lathes?
Yes. Most sliding-headstock machines are comfortably over 1 ton. Let us know if it runs with or without the guide bushing and whether it has a sub-spindle.
My lathe has an old control. Does age rule it out?
No. An older machine with a working control can still be worth selling. Give us the year, the control model and how it's been running lately.
Do the chucks and tool blocks need to stay on?
Leave the chuck on the spindle and the turret tooling in place if you're including it. Loose chucks, collet systems and spare blocks can go in a box with the machine.
Got a lathe or turning centre to sell?
Call with the make, model and whether it runs. Have a bar feeder too? Mention it on the call.