Sell Your Used Metalworking & CNC Equipment

Free listings for used metalworking & CNC equipment. Buyers come to you, so there is nothing to crate or ship, and you keep the whole sale price.

Buyers looked for metalworking & CNC equipment on YardSwaps about 15 times in the last 30 days.

How it works

1. 1. Snap photos

   Phone photos are fine. Get the data plate in one of them.
2. 2. Let the scan write it

   The AI scan reads the make, model and specs and drafts the listing. Edit anything, then publish.
3. 3. Meet the buyer

   Buyers message you in the app. Agree on a price, they pick up at your yard.

What to put in the listing

• Make and model, from the data plate
• Type
• Control
• Travels / Capacity
• Spindle Speed (RPM)
• Tonnage (tons)
• Voltage
• Phase
• Hours on the meter
• Year, condition, and whether it ran or powered on last time you used it

Photos to take

• The whole unit from all four sides, in daylight
• The data plate or serial tag, close enough to read
• The hour meter
• Anything worn, leaking or repaired, so buyers ask fewer questions
• Attachments, hoses, manuals or spare parts that go with it

What buyers will ask about

Answer these in the description and you will spend less time on the phone.

• Control make and year, and whether the machine powers up and homes every axis without alarms.
• Spindle hours, runout and noise at top speed, and when the spindle was last rebuilt.
• Ways and ballscrews: backlash on each axis, scoring on the ways and missing wipers.
• Input power: most machine tools run on three-phase, so price in a phase converter for a single-phase shop.
• Tooling included: holders, vises, chucks, collets, and the tool changer's capacity.
• Weight, footprint and how the machine comes out of the seller's building.

Pricing it

Used drill presses and band saws typically list from the hundreds to the low thousands, and manual lathes and knee mills in the low to high single-digit thousands. Used CNC mills and lathes usually run from the low tens of thousands up, depending on age, control and spindle hours. Press brakes and shears are priced by tonnage and length. The Sell form shows price guidance from comparable YardSwaps sales once there are enough of them.

Free to list, free boosts to start

• No listing fee and no selling fee.
• Starter boost: Post 4 listings within 14 days of your first and every listing you have is boosted free for 14 days. Anything you post while it runs is boosted too. Once per account.
• Boost credits: Every 4 listings you post earns a free 7-day boost, up to 5. Credits never expire: spend one from the Boost button on any live listing, or when you publish.
• Invite a seller: Share your invite link: you and the seller you invite both get a free 7-day boost after their first listing has been live for 3 days. It lands in the same credit balance.

Questions sellers ask

Does it cost anything to list metalworking & CNC equipment?

No. Listings are free and there is no selling fee. Starter boost: Post 4 listings within 14 days of your first and every listing you have is boosted free for 14 days. Anything you post while it runs is boosted too. Once per account. Boost credits: Every 4 listings you post earns a free 7-day boost, up to 5. Credits never expire: spend one from the Boost button on any live listing, or when you publish. Invite a seller: Share your invite link: you and the seller you invite both get a free 7-day boost after their first listing has been live for 3 days. It lands in the same credit balance.

Who handles pickup?

The buyer does. YardSwaps is local pickup only: you set the location, the buyer comes to you, inspects and runs it, and you both confirm the handoff in the app.

I already posted it on Craigslist. Do I have to start over?

No. On the Sell form, paste the link to your own Craigslist post and the photos, price and details come across. Check them and publish.

See the 6 listings live now: Metalworking & CNC Equipment for sale. Also selling: welding equipment, compressors, power & hand tools.

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