Tools Wanted
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We’re always looking to purchase a variety of tools and equipment. Give us a call to arrange a quote. Alternatively, you can send us details of your items and we will get back to you. Please remember to include your location. Check the list below for an idea of some of the items we regularly purchase.
Boxford lathes and CNC equipment
Ostia Tools specialises in Boxford 3656 Series lathes, so we are always looking to buy AUD, BUD, CUD, VSL, ME10, CSB and TUD lathes and X10 Series lathes which include 330, 280, 250, 11.30, 11.20, 10.30 and STS models.
Boxford CNC equipment is also wanted, including Duet, Dueti, 190VMC, A3HSRi, A3HSRi2, A3HSRmi2, A1HSRi2, 160 TCL, MT2, T220, 250 PC and 300VMC machines.
Wood planes
All Stanley and Record wood planes are wanted. We can purchase entire collections of hand planes or individual items.
Metal turning lathes (manual and CNC controlled machines)
Ostia Tools are seeking large and small metal turning lathes, including manual and CNC controlled machines. Brands including Boxford, Harrison, Colchester, Denford, Myford, Raglan, Emco, Hobbymat, Connect, Schaublin, and Hardinge are preferred, but all metal turning lathes can be quoted for.
Drilling machines (bench or free-standing)
We want to buy your drilling machines – either bench-mounted or free-standing drills, from brands such as Startrite, Elliott, Meddings, Progress, Union, Arboga, Pacera, Grimston, Pollard, Herbert, and Aciera.
Power hacksaws
We buy any power hacksaws but are particularly interested in equipment from manufacturers including Qualters and Smith, Wellsaw, Rapidor, Benchmaster, Meddings, and Ajax.
Milling machines (manual and CNC controlled)
Vertical, horizontal and universal milling machines are wanted. We buy makes such as Tom Senior, Harrison, Denford, Myford, Adcock & Shipley, Bridgeport, Elliott, Emco, Raglan, Arboga, Boxford, Aciera, and Schaublin.
Forging and fabrication equipment
Seeking all types of forging and fabrication equipment, including Blacksmiths' coke/gas forges, anvils, swage blocks, mandrels, tongs, leg vices, shears, croppers, bar benders, welding sets, tinsmiths' stakes and tools, bending rolls, guillotines, press brakes, straight folders, box and pan folders, jennying and swaging machines, notching machines etc. Especially makes such as Gabro and Edwards.
Miscellaneous engineering machines
Ostia Tools will purchase a variety of engineering machines and equipment, including linishers, polishers, tapping machines, watchmaking equipment, jewellery and model making equipment, shapers, grinders, tool and cutter grinders, and surface grinders.
All vacuum forming machines produced by CR Clarke and Formech are also wanted, including 1210, 917, 725, 725FLB, 750, 1820, 242, 248, 300X, 450 and 660 models.
Casting and heat treatment
Currently seeking casting and heat treatment equipment, such as Flamefast crucible furnaces, brazing hearths, tempering ovens, crucibles, moulding boxes, and casting benches.
Engineering and measuring equipment (including digital)
All measuring equipment is wanted, including steel squares, micrometers, verniers, height gauges, V blocks, steel rules, dial test indicators, surface plates and benches, and angle plates.
Machine tooling such as rotary tables, dividing heads, machine vices, machine spares, engineering bench vices, electric motors, engine hoists and trolleys are all wanted by Ostia Tools.
Spindle tooling
We are looking to buy all kinds of spindle tooling for machine tools such as arbors, collets, drill chucks, collet chucks, boring heads, boring and facing heads, in particular Kaiser, PCM, Piccolo, and Wohlhaupter equipment.
We also buy all Morse tapers, International tapers, and ISO tapers.
Woodworking machinery
We are seeking wood lathes of all sizes and styles, and other woodworking machinery including circular saws, saw blades, fret saws, band saws, routers, router jigs, router cutters, planer/thicknessers, tenoners, morticers, sanders, and dust extractors. Makes such as Union
Graduate, Startrite, Wadkin, Whitehead, Hegner, Robinson, Dominion, Scheppach, Elu, Sedgewick, Harrison, Viceroy, Multico, and Elektra Beckum are preferred.
Woodworking equipment
Mitre trimmers and other woodworking equipment is wanted, including G clamps, sash clamps, chisels, mallets, planes, saws, gauges, vices, sanders, punches, and rasps.
General craft equipment
General crafting equipment is wanted, including potters wheels and kilns, workbenches, air compressors and air tools, multi-drawer storage cabinets, soldering irons, test equipment, all sizes of metal and plastic bar stock, all hand tools, screwdrivers, pliers, hacksaws, tin snips, auger bits, taps, dies, milling cutters, drills, reamers, and files.
Ready to sell?
We buy any tools and machinery. All items considered. If you have any of the items listed above or any other tools and machinery that you are looking to sell, please get in touch with us.