Gene Olson

Thank you, this has been really interesting. All the testing and research you have done, fabricating and sourceing parts sure is impressive. Gene

I never could understand why anyone wanted to press flies; flowers and leaves maybe.... It looks like just a clamping jig of some sort. Does it have a double thread on the screw? I see the fast acme thread, a fly press would have a fine thread on the outiside surface of the screw. I can't tell from the picture.

Hi everybody. My name is Gene Olson. I have a shop here in Otsego, MN where I have been playing for many years. I have been working mainly in sheet metal lately, though some of my projects are all over the board. I make and sell repoussé tools and am about to start on a new adventure.