American Machine Tools Company for new metalworking machinery and other machinetools.
HVAC tools and machinery including pittsbrgh lockformers, button snap lock formers, cleat formers, s clip etc. HVAC DUCT MACHINES
Pittsburgh Lock Former, Button Lock, Cleat Forming Rollformers, Bar Folder, Duct Beader, Spot Welder, Rotary Cladding, Turret Punch.
Sheet metal and plate cutting hydraulic shear machines HYDRAULIC METAL SHEAR
Dreis & Krump hydraulic sheet metal, plate shears and notching machines.
Chicago Dreis & Krump sheet metal bending hand brake machines including box and pan finger brake Sheet Metal HAND BRAKE
Chicago Dreis & Krump sheet metal benders up to 12 gauge capacity, up to 12 feet long. Both standard and box&pan making type.
Hydraulic Power Leaf Brake machines for metal bending POWER FOLDING BRAKE
Chicago Dreis & Krump hydraulic power sheet metal bending up to 3/4" capacity or 12 feet long. Both standard and box&pan making type.
Chicago Dreis & Krump Hydraulic Brake Press
PRESS BRAKE MACHINE
Chicago Dreis & Krump Press Brakes, hydraulic powered sheet metal and plate benders.
Press Brake Dies
Edwards hydraulic ironworker
HYDRAULIC IRONWORKER
Edwards Ironworkers 25 - 120 ton for hole punching, shearing, coping, plate notching, pipe notching, and metal bending. PortaPunch too.
Metal cutting band saw and cold saw machines
METAL CUTTING BAND SAW
Vertical and Horizontal Band Saws from Amada, Baileigh, Dake, JET, WF Wells and Verticut.
Double Column Horizontal Band Saw machines manufactured in USA by WF Wells.
DOUBLE COLUMN BANDSAW
Dual Post Band Saws for cutting large pipe and structural sections. Up to 50 inch capacity.
Metal cutting Cold Saws
METAL CUTTING COLD SAW
Circular Cold Saw Machines for cutting metal from Dake and Jet.
Lathe machines
LATHE MACHINES, JET LATHE,
AMERICAN TURNMASTER LATHES
Many sizes from small to large with optional digital readouts, taper attachments, 5C Closers.
CNC Lathes
CNC LATHES
Programmable enclosed metal turning machines.
Bridgeport style vertical milling machines
Bridgeport style
MILLING MACHINES

Knee type Vertical and Horizontal Mills with optional digital readouts, power feeds, etc.
CNC milling machines with Centroid control
CNC MILLING MACHINES
Available in 2 Axis with Z axis digital readout and full 3 Axis CNC or 4 axis with rotary table.
Bed type milling machines
CNC BED MILL MACHINES
Large bed type Vertical Mills for heavy parts.
Manual and CNC.
Drill presses and drill mills
DRILL PRESSES
Standard Drill Presses and Drill-Mills with X-Y table. Jet and RongFu.
Radial Arm Drill Press
RADIAL DRILL PRESS
Large radial arm drills with up to 98 inch arm.
Birmingham, Jet and Republic.
Dake hydraulic shop press including H frame and C frame types
HYDRAULIC SHOP PRESS
H frame, and C frame hydraulic shop presses.
10 ton to 200 ton. Dake, Edwards, & HMI.
Dake Arbor Press
DAKE ARBOR PRESS
Single leverage, ratchet-type single leverage, and compound leverage.
Plate Bending Rolls
PLATE BENDING ROLLS
Slip Rolls, Sheet and plate Bending Roll machines. Hydraulic, and hand operated.
Ring rolling and rotary draw bending machines for forming tubing, pipe angle, channel and beams. PIPE&SHAPE BENDING
Ring rolling, and rotary draw bending machines for tubing, pipe, angle, channel, & beams.
Pipe and Tube Notching machines
PIPE & TUBE NOTCHER
7 different pipe notching machines to choose from.
Surface grinders
SURFACE GRINDER
GMC and Birmingham surface grinding machines. Manual and automatic.
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TOOL GRINDER
Cutter and Tool grinding machines with many options allow you to grind your own tooling.
Belt Sanders - Disc Sander
BELT SANDERS
Wilton Industrial Belt and Disc Sanders. Also Chamfering and Beveling machines.
Power Hammer Machines from Baileigh and DAKE. POWER HAMMER MACHINES
& English Wheels to stretch, shrink, plannish, dome, jog, bead, and shape complex sheet metal parts for cars, airplanes, sculptures, etc.
Miniature Benchtop Lathes MINIATURE LATHES
Mini precision benchtop lathes and lathe-mill combination machines in many sizes.
Miniature benchtop milling machines BENCHTOP MILLING
Miniature precision table top milling machine in many styles.
CNC Plasma Table CNC PLASMA TABLES
For exact cutting of all your flat shapes. Available in 4x4, 4x8, 5x10 and 6x12 feet sizes.
Sheet Metal Slitting Machines SHEET METAL SLITTER
Benchtop and full size sheet metal slitting machines from Gary Machinery USA.
Sheet metal strip uncoiler COIL HANDLING MACHINERY
UnCoilers, Straighteners, and Cut To Length Machines for coiled sheet metal strip.
JET PALLET LIFTS
The low cost alternative to forklifts for moving, loading and unloading shipping crates, skids and pallets.
Line Boring Machine with boring bars for bore repair of CAT equipment PORTABLE LINE BORING
For reboring of pivot holes on heavy construction equipment such as cranes, backhoes, dozers, tractors, endloaders, excavators, frames, etc.

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Use American Machine Tools Corp's expertise to find the affordably priced solution to your new metalworking machinery needs. Our sales staff comes from the manufacturing industry. We have the knowledge and experience to offer you the best choices of metal working machines for your job at the lowest price. Over 5000 satisfied customers! We sell and ship to anywhere in the USA, and Canada. Sales to Mexico, Central and South America and elsewhere. We have export companies that can help.

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Mailing address:
5864 Northwest Hwy
Chicago, IL 60631
Our office hours 8:30AM - 5PM CST

Our Payment Methods: Check, credit card, bank wire transfer, leasing or financing. Net 30 days available to government agencies, most schools and very large corporations.

Want a machine made in USA? We have many American made machines including: 4 types of portable boring equipment made by our shop, a bore welder, Milwaukee magnetic drill press, 16 different Chicago Dreis & Krump power leaf brakes, 1 portable hydraulic hole puncher, 4 different Dake-Johnson saws, 19 Dake hydraulic presses, 18 Dake arbor presses, 10 RMD tube benders and notchers, 2 power hammers, 3 Ductformers, 267 Durant strip feeding machines, 12 Edwards ironworkers, 2 Edwards hydraulic presses, 1 Edwards pipe bender, 12 HMI C-frame presses, 12 Flagler rollformers, 9 Gary slitters, 12 Rams HVAC machines, 10 Burr King belt and disc grinders, 8 WF Wells bandsaws, 2 plasma cutting tables, 72 different press brake dies, 4 American Turnmaster lathes, and an American-Lagun mill, made in USA. Not including our 100s of tooling choices, we offer nearly 500 different machines made in the USA and many more made in Canada.

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How to use an Ironworker machine

 

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Heat Treating of Metals

 

Tensile Strengths for aluminum and stainless steel

 

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