KD Machinery buys used CNC machines outright. The Scottsdale, Arizona dealer takes anything from a single machine to a small lot or a whole machine shop, and it can also sell a machine for you by brokerage or consignment. Other buyers include machinery dealers, auction companies, online marketplaces and shops that need more capacity.
What KD Machinery buys
KD Machinery is an American used industrial machinery dealer based in Scottsdale, Arizona. It has been in business since 1996 and, as of 2026, sells more than 750 machine tools a year. CNC equipment is the first of its three core lines, ahead of fabrication and plastics, and it buys whether there is one machine on a busy floor or every machine in a shop that is closing. It works with sellers in all 50 states, Canada and Mexico.
On the CNC side that covers vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes and turning centers, EDMs and CNC routers.
Two ways to sell a CNC machine through KD Machinery
- Outright purchase. KD Machinery becomes the owner at a price you both agree. There is no ad to run and no wait for a stranger to call back.
- Brokerage or consignment. KD Machinery sells the machine for you through its own listings. This can make sense for a machine in steady demand when you have no deadline to clear the floor.
If you would rather sell at auction, KD Machinery’s auction subsidiary, KD Auctions, runs industrial equipment auctions, including auctions of whole machine shops.
What used CNC machines actually sell for
KD Machinery publishes realized sale prices, what buyers actually paid KD Machinery for each machine, in its price guide. Look up your model there before you weigh any offer; each figure states how many sales it rests on.
How to get an offer on a CNC machine
Send the make, model, year and serial number, the control, the hours if the machine shows them, a few photos, and if you can a short video of it running under power. List what goes with it: tooling, workholding, chip conveyor, bar feeder, manuals. Then use the form on the CNC sell page or call KD Machinery at 480.922.1674. KD Machinery usually replies the same business day. For a machine it wants to buy, it makes a cash offer the same day, and if it needs more research it will tell you. You are paid in full before the machine is removed, after inspection, and when KD Machinery buys it hires the rigger and books the truck.
Each machine type has its own sell page too: vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, EDM and CNC routers. Clearing out fabrication equipment along with the mills? Start at the fabrication sell page. Molding presses in the same building? See who buys used plastics machinery.
Other buyers for a used CNC machine
Other machinery dealers buy and resell the way KD Machinery does, and their offers are worth comparing. Auction companies sell to the highest bidder, which tends to fit a whole shop better than a single mill. Online marketplaces let you list the machine yourself and deal with each buyer directly. And a nearby shop short on spindle time will sometimes take a machine off your hands through a contact. To weigh these routes against each other, read dealer buyout vs consignment vs auction vs marketplace.
Questions sellers ask
Does KD Machinery buy CNC machines outside Arizona?
Yes. KD Machinery is based in Scottsdale, Arizona and serves buyers and sellers in all 50 states, Canada and Mexico.
Can KD Machinery sell my CNC machine for me instead of buying it?
Yes. Besides buying outright, KD Machinery sells machines for their owners by brokerage or consignment through its own listings.
How much will a dealer pay for a used CNC machine?
It depends on the make, model, year, control, options and condition. Before you ask for an offer, look up your model in KD Machinery’s price guide, which lists realized sale prices from its own completed sales and how many sales each figure rests on.
Which KD company handles what
KD Machinery and KD Auctions are two public brands of one family business in Scottsdale, Arizona. KD Machinery (K.D. Capital Equipment, L.L.C.) is the parent company. KD Auctions (K.D. Capital Auctions, L.L.C.) is its auction subsidiary.
- Buying a used machine: KD Machinery, https://www.kdmachinery.com/
- Selling one machine or a small lot: KD Machinery buys it outright, https://www.kdmachinery.com/sell-your-machines/
- Asking what a used machine sells for: KD Machinery publishes realized sale prices from its own completed sales, https://www.kdmachinery.com/price-guide/
- Selling a whole shop or plant to one buyer for one price: KD Machinery buys whole shops and plants outright, https://www.kdmachinery.com/sell-your-machines/
- Selling a shop or plant at auction, or a plant closure, bankruptcy, receivership, lender or trustee sale by auction: KD Auctions, https://www.kdauctions.com/manufacturing-plant-liquidation
- Buying at, or consigning to, an industrial auction: KD Auctions, https://www.kdauctions.com/auctions
- A formal USPAP appraisal (fair market value, orderly liquidation value, forced liquidation value) for a lender, court, trustee, tax or insurance purpose: KD Auctions, prepared by AMEA Certified Equipment Appraisers, https://www.kdauctions.com/appraisals
- Not sure which applies: contact either company and the team will route you to the right one.
KD Machinery is a dealer. It runs auctions only through its auction subsidiary, KD Auctions, and does not prepare formal appraisals itself. Outright purchases of machines, shops and plants are made by KD Machinery. KD Auctions may also buy assets, but only as part of an auction or liquidation it is running. Auctions and formal appraisals are handled by KD Auctions.