B&D Machine Works was founded in 1959 by Robert Dickey and his wife Lauris. Our humble beginnings started out with just five (5) employees working out of a small 4000 sq ft shop in Marissa, IL. Catering to mainly local industrial plants, mines and quarries, B&D started to grow the reputation as an on time, high quality machining and fabrication repair shop that works around the clock to get our customers