We have bought and sold 149 laser cutters, build years 1999 to 2026. 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 59 laser cutters listed right now, so we know what the market is paying this month.
Get an offer on your laser cutter
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 laser cutter are enough to start.
Why sell your laser cutter to KD Machinery
What a laser will cut is decided by its wattage, and it is the first thing any buyer asks. 35 of the lasers we have traded are 4,000 watt machines, 26 are 6,000 watt and 13 more are 3,000 watt, and the step between those ratings is most of what separates one listing from the next. The second question is how much life is left in the source, and this is where sellers quietly cost themselves money. The figure that matters is beam-on time, not the hours the machine has been switched on, and on most controls those two numbers are nowhere near each other. A seller who quotes the larger one is describing a harder-worked laser than the one they actually own.
What we buy
Fiber and CO2 laser cutting machines, flat sheet machines, combination sheet and tube machines, dedicated tube lasers, and laser marking and engraving systems. Machines with shuttle tables, load and unload automation and tower storage. Chillers, dust collectors, nitrogen generators, spare optics and unused consumables. One machine, or a fabrication shop entire.
What decides what a used laser cutter is worth
- Wattage, which places the machine before anything else does. 35 of ours are 4,000 watt and 26 are 6,000 watt, and that single rating decides which jobs the next owner can quote with it.
- Beam-on time, stated as beam-on time. It is the honest measure of a source, it is the number an experienced buyer will ask you to show on the control, and a seller who offers it unprompted is immediately easier to deal with.
- Whether it is fiber or CO2, and if CO2, the resonator generation and what has been done to it. Both still sell. They sell to different buyers, at different speeds, and pricing one as though it were the other is how a laser sits unsold.
- The chiller, which 85 of ours are listed with. It was sized for that resonator, and a laser separated from its chiller is not a working machine to anyone looking at it.
- Fume and dust extraction, on 54 of ours. It is regulated equipment in most shops, so a machine that arrives without it lands the buyer with a purchase they did not budget for.
- The shuttle table. 64 of ours carry dual pallet shuttle tables, and on a production laser that is the difference between a machine one person can keep loaded and one that stops between sheets.
- Table size, because it decides what sheet the machine takes. 75 of ours have a 5 foot table and 73 run 10 feet long, which is the sheet most fabrication shops buy.
- The cutting head and the optics: lens and nozzle condition, whether the head has ever been crashed, and what spares come with it. This is the cheapest thing on the list to put right and the most visible in a cutting sample.
How to sell a laser cutter
A laser is bought on proof that it still cuts clean, and that proof takes an afternoon:
- Cut a sample in the thickest material the machine is rated for, and keep the part. An edge photograph settles more argument than any description.
- Photograph the control screen showing beam-on time, and say plainly which counter it is.
- Clean or replace the lens and nozzle, and note what you did. A dirty optic makes a healthy laser look finished.
- Run the chiller up to temperature and confirm it holds, and record the last service on it and on the filtration.
- List the assist gas setup, the spare optics and the unused consumables, because they are worth real money and are usually left in the cabinet.
Selling a laser cutter: common questions
Is a CO2 machine still sellable now that most buyers want fiber?
Yes, but to a different buyer and on a different timetable. Fiber has taken the thin sheet work and is quicker to sell. CO2 still cuts thicker plate and the non-metals fiber handles poorly, and the shops that need that know it. What loses money is pricing a CO2 machine against fiber comparables and then discounting slowly for months. Priced against what CO2 machines actually settle at, it moves.
How do I show a buyer the real beam-on time?
Photograph it on the control rather than writing it down, and label which counter it is. Most controls hold several - machine on, beam on, and on some the blower or discharge hours separately. Sellers frequently quote whichever number they found first, and when the buyer sees a different one at inspection the whole listing loses credibility over what was an honest mistake.
Should the nitrogen generator and the gas setup go with the laser?
Usually yes. A generator was sized for that machine and its consumption, and sold with it the laser is ready to run. Sold separately you have a specialist item with a thin market and a laser the buyer must now spec gas for. If you are keeping it because another machine uses it, say so early rather than at the end of a negotiation.
The cutting head was crashed and replaced. Does that come up?
It comes up, and it is much better coming from you. A replaced head is a normal event and often means the machine has a newer head than its age suggests. What buyers react badly to is finding out at inspection, because it makes them wonder what else went unmentioned. Say when it happened, what was replaced and who did the work.