We have bought and sold 215 CNC routers, build years 1992 to 2025. That is our own record, not a catalog listing — so when we quote your machine, we are pricing something we have traded before.
We have 55 CNC routers listed right now, so we know what the market is paying this month.
Get an offer on your CNC router
Tell us what you have and how to reach you, and we will come back with a route and a number — usually the same day. The make and model of your CNC router are enough to start.
Why sell your CNC router to KD Machinery
A router is bought by the sheet it can hold. 91 of the routers we have traded have a 60 inch table and 49 of those tables run to 120 inches, which is a five by ten sheet and the size most shops are set up around. Multicam at 41 machines and Shopsabre at 35 are the two names we see most, but the makes on this list run long and the buyers care far more about the table, the spindle and whether the vacuum actually holds a part down.
What we buy
Three axis flat table routers, five axis and four axis machines, nested-base and pod-and-rail machines, moving gantry and moving table designs, twin and multi-spindle heads, machines with drill blocks and saw units, and CNC nesting cells. Woodworking, plastics, composites and non-ferrous. One machine or a whole shop.
What decides what a used CNC router is worth
- Table size, which places the machine before anything else does. A 60 inch table is what 91 of ours have, and 49 of them run 120 inches long.
- The vacuum system, and whether it actually holds. Pump size, zones, and whether the spoilboard has been surfaced or ignored.
- Spindle: make, horsepower and hours. 24,000 RPM is the commonest rating on ours, on 95 machines, and a spindle that has run without dust extraction is the most expensive thing to replace.
- Axis count. 144 of ours are three axis machines; a five axis router sells into a different and smaller pool that pays more for it.
- The tool changer, if it has one, and whether the collets, holders and tooling go with the machine.
- Dust collection and whether it is included, because a router without extraction is a machine the buyer cannot switch on.
- Control and software, and whether the seat and post processor transfer.
How to sell a CNC router
A router is judged on the spindle and on whether the vacuum holds. Both take an hour to evidence. Before it is listed:
- Surface the spoilboard and film a part being held down and cut. A vacuum table that visibly grips is worth more than any description of it.
- Record spindle hours and say whether it has run with dust extraction connected.
- Measure the usable table, not the frame, and photograph a tape across it.
- Say what it has been cutting. Wood, plastic, aluminum and composite wear a machine differently and buyers ask.
- List what is included: vacuum pump, dust collector, tooling, holders, controller and the software seat.
Selling a CNC router: common questions
The spoilboard and the vacuum are tired. Is that a problem?
It is the easiest thing on the machine to put right and the most damaging to leave. A buyer watching a part lift off the table assumes the pump is finished, when usually the spoilboard just needs surfacing and the gaskets replacing. Fix it, film it holding, and you remove the single biggest doubt about the machine.
Does the software license transfer to the buyer?
It depends on the vendor and it is worth finding out before you list. Some seats move with the machine, some are tied to a person or a company and need re-purchasing. A router that arrives with usable software runs the week it lands; one that does not leaves the buyer with a cost nobody budgeted for, and that comes out of your price.
Is a three axis router worth much next to a five axis?
Yes, and they are barely competing. 144 of the routers we have traded are three axis machines, because that is what most sheet work needs. A five axis router sells to a smaller group of shops doing shaped and contoured work, and it fetches more from them. Neither depresses the other.
Should the dust collector go with it?
Yes. A router cannot legally or practically be run without extraction, so a machine sold with a matched collector is one the buyer can commission immediately. Sold separately a used collector fetches very little, and the machine loses more than the collector was worth.