Used Kuraki Machines We Buy
Used Kuraki machines reach Machine Tool Exchange as boring iron first, and we buy them straight from the companies that own them, with no broker and no auction house in between. Of the 129 Kuraki listings here, 58 carry a KBT designation and 35 sit in a boring mill category. KV and KMV machining centers and LC lathes fill out the rest. Here is what moves an offer.
129 machines, page 1 of 6
Kuraki KBM 11X
Kuraki KBT-100-3W (1979)
Kuraki KBT-11WDX Stock
Kuraki KBT-13E (2015)
Kuraki KBT11-DX (1988)
Kuraki KBT11WA (2011)
Kuraki KBT13-DXA (1994)
Kuraki KHM-125 (1999)
Kuraki KV-2000 (1990)
Kuraki KBT 10DXA (1992)- Kuraki KBT 1103D (1980)
- Kuraki KBT-15PDX
Kuraki KBT15DXA (1994)
Kuraki KV1600 (1984)
Kuraki KBT-13E (2003)
Kuraki LC-403 (1981)
Kuraki LC-403
Kuraki KBT-13EA (2000)
Kuraki KH4-20 (1981)- Kuraki KHM-125 (1998)
Kuraki KBT-10DXA
Kuraki KHM 125 (2001)- Kuraki KBH-22 (2002)
Kuraki KBT-11WA (1997)
What Is Actually in the 129 Kuraki Listings
This hub holds 129 listings and one brand. Boring iron carries it. The category field files 26 rows as CNC Boring Mills, 5 as CNC Horizontal Boring Mills (HBM), and 4 more under a separate string, CNC Horizontal Boring Mills, for 35 boring rows in total. Machining centers account for 15, split 10 CNC Vertical Machining Centers (VMC) and 5 CNC Horizontal Machining Centers (HMC). CNC Lathes is 5 rows. The remaining 74 sit in Metal Cutting, a general bucket in the category field rather than a machine type, so those rows say nothing about what the machine on that listing actually does. Across the 129 listings the catalog records 88 distinct model designations. The listings that record a build year run from 1978 to 2023, and 97 of the 129 carry a year at all. Kuraki ranks 39th of the 126 brands on the site, which makes this a focused single-brand hub.
KBT: The Boring Mill Line This Hub Is Built On
KBT is the largest model family here by a wide margin. It rolls up 58 of the 129 listings, and the next family, KV, has 8. The catalog types 54 of those 58 as Metal Cutting 34, CNC Boring Mills 16, and CNC Horizontal Boring Mills 4. The data behind this page does not record a category for the other four, so we do not guess at them. The designations a seller actually types are in the model field. KBT-11WDX appears on 6 listings. KBT-10DX and KBT-1003W appear on 4 each, KBT-13E on 3, and KBT-13, KBT13-DXA, KBT 11DXA, KBT 10DXA, KBT 13DXA, KBT 11WDXA, KBT-13EA, KBT-11WA and KBT-1101P on 2 each. Two more tokens roll up separately because the family key reads the leading characters: KBT1003W at 3 and KBT13 at 2. That puts a verified floor of at least 63 listings carrying a KBT-prefixed designation. Single listings carry KBT1103D, KBT-10DX-ANP, KBT13PDX and KBT11-DX.
KV, KMV, KHM and KBM: The Machining Center Side
Not everything under this brand is boring iron. KV is the second-largest family at 8 listings, filed 4 as CNC Vertical Machining Centers (VMC) and 4 as Metal Cutting, which is one group of eight machines recorded under two category strings, not two separate groups. KHM has 4 listings, 2 of them typed CNC Horizontal Machining Centers (HMC). KBM has 4, one typed VMC. KMV has 3, one typed VMC. MH has 3, one typed HMC. The named models in this part of the book are KV-2000 on 3 listings, KV-700 on 2, KV-500 on 1, KMV-130 on 3, KHM-125 on 3, MH-630 on 3 and KBM 11A on 1. These are lines that come through the book, not depth. Six further designations appear twice each, and the category data behind this page does not reach them: KH6, KBM11X, KBH, KMB, KTB and CMN. We buy them the same way; we just will not label them.
LC Lathes, AKB Borers and the Long Tail
Turning is the thinnest part of this hub. CNC Lathes is 5 rows out of 129, and the LC family accounts for 3 of them, all three filed as CNC Lathes, which makes LC the only family the catalog files entirely as turning. LC-403 is the model string on all three. AKB has 3 listings, 2 filed Metal Cutting and 1 filed CNC Boring Mills, with AKB 13 appearing twice. KBT1003W has 3 listings, one of which is typed CNC Horizontal Boring Mills (HBM). Four listings roll up under the KURAKI family key, two carrying nothing but the brand name in the model field and two reading KURAKI KBT 11WA. Then the tail. The families the catalog reports run down to a count of 2 and add to 107, which leaves 22 listings sitting in single-listing designations. That is why 88 distinct model strings appear across only 129 listings, and why an odd model is still worth sending.
The String on the Data Plate, Character for Character
Eighty-eight distinct model designations across 129 listings is dense for a single-brand hub this size, and the model field shows why. One designation is recorded five different ways: KBT-11WDX on 6 listings, KBT 11WDXA on 2, and KBT11WDX, KBT-11WDX ID and KBT-11WDXA on one listing apiece. Another appears as KBT-1003W on 4 listings and KBT1003W on 3, and that second spelling is common enough that it rolls up as its own model family. A third reads KBT-11WA, KBT - 11WA with spaces around the hyphen, and KURAKI KBT 11WA, two listings each. A fourth clusters KBT-10DX, KBT-10DXA, KBT 10DXA and KBT-10DX-ANP. A fifth runs KBT-13, KBT-13E, KBT-13EA, KBT13-DXA, KBT 13DXA and KBT13PDX. Two listings carry only KBT in the model field and two carry only KURAKI. Our catalog records every one of those as a separate string, which is precisely why we ask for the plate string exactly as it reads.
Selling a Kuraki: Footprint, Rigging and Payment
Kuraki is on the short list of brands MTE names publicly as equipment it buys, alongside Giddings and Lewis, Toshiba, Union, Wotan and Scharmann, and TOS. Because 35 of the 129 rows here are boring rows, footprint and rigging access drive the conversation more than a spec sheet does. The process runs three steps. Send brand, model, year, condition and control type; photos help but are not required. A quote comes back typically within 24 to 48 hours. On acceptance MTE arranges rigging, crating and freight at no cost, pays at pickup, and covers all 50 states. We are a direct buyer, not a broker or a listing service: purchased outright, no consignment, no listing fees, no net-30. Running, idle or decommissioned all get looked at, and one machine is handled like a full floor. Mazak, Haas, Okuma, Doosan, DMG MORI and Makino equipment goes on the same truck if you are clearing a mixed shop.
Common questions
Who buys used Kuraki boring mills?
Machine Tool Exchange does. Kuraki is named on our boring mill buying list next to Giddings and Lewis, Toshiba, Union, Wotan and Scharmann, and TOS. We buy direct, not as a listing service.
How do I sell a used Kuraki machine?
Send the brand, model, year, condition and control type. Photos speed up the evaluation but are not required. A quote typically comes back within 24 to 48 hours, and we pay at pickup.
Do you buy Kuraki KBT boring mills?
Yes. KBT is the largest model family in these 129 listings at 58, and KBT-11WDX, KBT-10DX and KBT-13E each appear here more than once. Send the plate string.
Do you buy Kuraki machines other than boring mills?
Yes. KV, KMV, KHM and KBM machining centers and LC lathes come through this book in small numbers rather than depth: KV 8, KHM 4, KBM 4, KMV 3 and LC 3.
Will you buy a Kuraki that is idle or not running?
Yes. Any brand, any condition, any quantity, running, idle or decommissioned. Tell us what is wrong with it upfront so the evaluation reflects the machine as it sits.
Who pays for rigging and freight on a machine this size?
We do. MTE arranges rigging, crating and freight at no cost to you, in all 50 states. That matters on boring iron, which is 35 of the 129 listings here.
When do I get paid, and do you buy on consignment?
Payment happens at pickup, with no net-30 invoicing and no waiting on an auction to close. MTE is a direct buyer, not a broker, so the machine is purchased outright with no listing fees.
Thinking about selling Kuraki Machines?
On a Kuraki the string on the data plate is the fastest thing you can send us. Our own listings carry KBT-11WDX, KBT11WDX and KBT-11WDXA as three separate strings around one designation, so typing yours character for character saves a round of questions. Send that, the control, and whether it is a table type or a floor type, and Jason Puuri scopes it himself before we schedule rigging.