about us

Since 1998, we’ve had 4,000 sq ft of fantastic fabricating space in the heart of the Crossroads Arts District.

As a team of diversely experienced individuals and a shop of curated resources, we are equipped to take on a vast variety of projects. We love new ideas, techniques, and opportunities to highlight our client in the best way possible. Projects come to us from clients in various forms: imagined, designed, or fully planned, and we gladly jump in at any point to see it through to the end. We love taking on large-scale, complex, and artistic projects, knowing that our team and shop make this type of work a perfect fit for us.

the team

 

Dick Jobe

Founder & Chief Machine Head

Coming from a auto-based career as the “Dr. Volvo of KC,” Dick has brought Machine Head to where it is today. He is extremely passionate about guiding projects from conception to execution, ensuring precision and artistry at every step of the way.

 

Travis Butler

Vice Machine Head

Travis is a Professional Mechanical Engineer (P.E.), coming to Machine Head from a background in architecture and constuction engineering. From the very early years of childhood, Travis has been fascinated by how things work and loves developing and creating unique solutions to complex problems.

Robyn Nichols

Guest Artist

Robyn Nichols is an international jewelry artist with a vision – a vision that the beauty of nature can be brought to life in the sculpting of sterling silver. Robyn’s graceful and elegant sterling silver jewelry and tableware are sold and collected across the United States, Canada, Australia, England, South America and the Caribbean countries. 

the shop

Aside from our unique team, our shop and its assets within are what make us stand out. Organized for the most efficient and flexible use, our tools and equipment have been selected carefully.

Ready to start a project with us?