Hahaha exactly i was like oh boy we gonna see firey TJ but then just calmly sharing his fatherly I'm disappointed in your choices talk and honestly that hit harder.
Thomas' rant was exactly what I would expect from such an obvioulsy smart, calm and good natured person. It was straight to the point and without theatrics or drama - bravo!
Hi Thomas! My name is André, I am a restorer, I live in the city of Curitiba - Brazil. I always watch your videos and I have already applied several of the techniques that you teach in my work, I am also happy to see some that I use being used by you, this tells me that I am on the right path. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. A big hug
Andre - my father was from the village of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro. He got some training in furniture during his youth and moved to the U.S. at 18 years old. He was able to build up a business in the Washington D.C. area in antique restoration which thrived for over 40 years.
you all prolly dont care at all but does someone know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I somehow forgot my account password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
@Salvatore Joey Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and Im trying it out now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
I’m always so excited to see a video from you, Tom. I love watching you work and solve the puzzle before you. While I could never do what you do, I’ve learned so much from watching you. I’ve gained the confidence to attempt some small furniture repairs and to touch up some small finish blemishes that I would never had tried without your help. I’ve even picked up a rocking chair I found at the curb with a cracked seat because I realized I could fix it and I did. Thank you for helping me pick up new, practical skills. I’m doing “pretty good” if I must say it myself. I’m looking forward to your next video. Thank you!
in some countries, one must be careful with "things at side of the road", because of bed-bugs. For small objects, a stay in the freezer ensures safety, for bigger ones i don't know, maybe careful examination ?
Really nice work on those! I always appreciate seeing how you respect original finishes, too many "strip em n sand em's" out there. Nothing is nicer than seeing them as they were meant to look. Gotta add, your wildlife and animal clips at beginning and end have had me hooked since I first found the channel. Just heartwarming beauty!
When I was in college and living in a shared apartment with little personal space, I stored some things in a shed at my folks house. Included in that was a bag of free flying disks, and a full set of Frisbee Golf Disks, they were different weights and diameters so you could change them depending in the shot. I had about $500 in them. I was out to visit the folks, and went out in the shop to visit with dad before dinner. He was busy organizing his shop, and had cut three inches out of the rims of all my golf frisbees, and was using them to sort nuts, bolts and screws. I asked him why he hadn’t ruined the bag of free disks the food court in the student union used instead of plates. They were all the same size. He was shocked when I told him how much the set he had cut up had cost.
-Thomas, what a fine fellow you are, I admire your delicate taste and your skill, you are a maestro with a capital letter! Bravo maestro, art and love will save the world!🖼🎨🤘👌👍🤗🤗🤗
Ask and Ye shall receive! I was sitting here yesterday thinking, "hmm sure wish Tom has a video coming!? I'm going thru withdrawal! and fired up the confuser this morning and Wa!la! heres the video I wanted what more could you ask for. Good save on the broken screw, also. Thanks again Tom for another good lesson.
I think it's great that on a weekend you get 2 of my favorite TH-cam channels from America closely followed by the third on Tuesday morning. All to do with timber
It is a fact of life for a chair, that it will require disassembly and regluing over it's lifetime. This is not the most taxing job I will face, until encountering those additional dowels, that some "enthusiast" has inserted. There is an optimum size for dowels and tenons, all they have done by adding more, is weaken the structure. Nice job again Tom, thanks for posting.
gav2759 I spent my working life as an electrician and have encountered work done by “ enthusiasts “ . Most of which varied from annoying to down right dangerous. There are some things in life better left to professionals , electricity and antique furniture being two of them.
I learned the hard way, adding another hole to a joint does only weaken the joint in most cases. Thomas is spot on again. He fixes the problem at present, after all most of the chairs have stood the test of time.
I can’t remember seeing you have such a hard time disassembling a chair before! Obviously they were well-made and cared for to have lasted this long in such good condition. Thank you for sharing your efforts and not just editing it out. It always helps my confidence when I see someone with so much experience have to put in a little bit of effort to do something that would severely test my abilities. Beautiful work as always! Thank you!
You're welcome! Yes, a while ago we decided to show the good, the bad, and the ugly! Originally, we edited out problems and just showed the solutions - but people demanded more!
Please make more videos for my husband and I. We watch together each night but have run out of new videos. Thank you for entertaining us and teaching is something new each time.👍🏼 🪑
Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration I had a transplant a year ago and with all of my down time, my husband and I did a Thomas Johnson Marathon year. Love your work and videos. 👍🏼
It is hard to believe. People like antiques. People like carpentry videos. People like restoration videos. This has it all from one of the premier furniture restorers in the country. Why not more subscribers??
Really nicely done. 👍👍👍 11:45 - "You should mark a piece up as if someone else is gonna put it back together" Exactly! Who haven't been handed over a pile of parts from something that someone else had dismantled, without marking them up, and still they expect you to reassemble the piece in 5 seconds!
RE the “Warm Walnut” finish. They were just making the transition from varnishes to oil based urethane. These were production pieces and they added dyes to the finish to accomplish a consistent finish across the line, and pieces made at different times. The “Warm Walnut” was a spay applied, dyed urethane. The science behind the dyes wasn’t’ nearly as advanced as it is now, And they were prone to UV fading. The darker chair has had less exposure. I collect and restore furniture from the Lane “Acclaim” series designed by Andre Bus, from the same time frame. They also applied a “walnut” dyed finish to that line, and it was made from, walnut veneered lumber core sheet goods with solid walnut in a few places, and white ash used for the legs and a perimeter around the top, and some trapezoidal veneer inlays in top to simulate dovetails. The whole thing was spray finished in the the “walnut” urethane varnish. They show up on eBay constantly, and some one has stripped them and applied one of the modern water based urethane finishes. The visual contrast between the walnut and the ash is almost disturbing.
Thanks Randall. That is good info! I have collected quite a few of those same pieces. The ones with the original finish do show a contrast between the woods though. I've refinished some just natural and they look great
Great information! I knew what I was seeing in those arms/legs was ash!! The crest rails don’t look like walnut either to me... more like birch or maple (something closed pore) I work a lot with vintage electric guitars and they have the same dye fade issues A “cherry” red finish often winds up light brown for example.
I want you to know that your screw tray (shown at 6:25) is one of the most brilliant and useful things I've seen in years. I built myself one a year or two ago when I had seen it in another video, and use it all the time.
Yes! As someone who doesn’t have one, but will soon, I can say that spilling out a container of random screws and having to put them back, is almost dreadful enough not want to do it at all.
When you said, “Makes for exciting glue-up” I think you are the Steve Mcqueen of furniture restoration! Nice to see you are well and hope your family is well too! Greetings from Illinois!
I get so excited when you're videos are released, I have to either go and tell my fiancee or text him that yuh you have a new video on! You have given out so many great tips and I refer back to your older videos. Our favorite the desk hidden drawers. You have saved me so many aggravating moments when I restore the Hoosier cabinets I came to be obsessed with. Between you and 2 other channels I am set. Wish my dad was still here. Because I know we would be in business together restoring furniture and using your guidance of tips. Keep up the great videos!!!!
Joan Pavlick I wasn’t raised with my dad, he lived a long ways away, in Indiana. He was a lifelong carpenter and when I grew up he restored a Hoosier for me. I love it and use it as my baking cabinet. It still has the flour sifter. I love old Hoosiers, too! Good for you for saving and restoring them.
Hi Thomas, I had to pull-apart a poorly fitted/glued mortise-and-tenon joint a few weeks back. I'm the only one in the shop (as usual) and I was also applying the glue to the failed joint. The question became one of "how to pull the joint apart carefully, and hold it for a second or two as the glue is applied." I used two 3/4 inch pipe clamps, reversing the outboard ends (by compressing the stacked springs underneath, sliding them off, and placing them back on the pipe "backwards"). Place both ends of the clamp between the legs containing the failed joint, and turn the steel cranking handle on the clamp COUNTERCLOCKWISE to reverse the clamping motion, thus spreading the legs. It worked like a charm! I hope I remember it.
I have a job that's very hard at the moment. To relax I watch Tom's videos and enjoy them all. Binge watched most of them again over the last week. It's great watching an expert at work!
I've just realized this is the Bob Ross show for woodworkers. Thanks for all the great content. As a young woodworker, seeing pieces taken apart has been just as important as the assembly. Seeing what goes wrong 20-100 years later is incredibly informative. Keep up the great work.
I just want to tell Thomas in this crazy world when I need to relax, I watch a few of your videos and it is so calming and takes my mind off other things. So thank you. I love your channel.
We are so empowered by clamps and the like, but ONLY if we learn how to use them. YOU are a " CREATICE CLAMPER" ! I have a whole new respect for their value. Use them to hold the corners of my quilting frame......
Yes, he said it was "frantic", but if you rewind 45 seconds he looks cool as a cucumber. Frantic in Tom's world means his heart jumps to whopping 65 bpm! Great job, as always, Tom.
@@kellerrobert80 I was thinking the same thing, I was very impressed with the working time of the glue as it seemed Tom was so cool and calm .... only after, when he said it was a "frantic" glue-up, did I realise it was !
Do rant as much as you want to. Your videos is a learning opportunity for us all, and I would trust you 100 times more often than a random comment on your videos. Good job as usual!
Thank you as always for sharing your knowledge and many years of experience with us. Your work is flawless. You don’t know it but you truly are a mentor to me. I absolutely love watching and learning from all your videos.
Another great video! Even with the pieces all numbered, it looked like a daunting task getting Humpty Dumpty together again, but as always--you know what you're doing!! Kisses to Ella!
Hi Thomas, Been watching your videos for quite awhile, and even as a 40 year veteran in antique furniture restoration, I am still and always learning a thing or too. It is also nice to see that things in this business do not always go as planned. That is the nature of antiques, and it is nice to remember I am not the only one with "problem children". It is also nice to see your processes, which more often than not, mirrors mine. Such things like looking under or inside a piece of furniture for evidence of the original finish, or species of wood... you certainly have to be a real detective at times. Good work and keep the videos coming. Tom D.
Thank you! I always appreciate positive feedback from other tradesmen. I think like any job, it's all about problem solving, and if something doesn't work right, do it over! I like to preserve as much of the original as possible
Great tip re soldering iron - less risk of damage and maximum benefit to metal screw. Your English is great!! The world needs more Tannhauser111 ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Good afternoon, Mr. Jones, great pleasure from the video, you are cool, neat, calm and you show a lot of interesting devices and techniques, thank you so much. health 👏😁👍
Great Saturday morning!! Thomas Johnson is back!!! No notification for me on many channels. Even resetting didn't help.Just have to check every day..a pain but necessary. Chairs look really nice.😍😍
Another warm and educational video, thanks for posting. I always use modern glue and am never quite happy with it so would be fascinated to hear a bit more about the hide glues - pros and cons, set times etc.
Exactly the video I needed this week. Someone is bringing me a handmade rocking chair that has some sticky finish on the leading edge of the seat and dark spots with flaking finish on the arm rests. Will try the cleaning and spot-fixing method once I determine the finish type. Thanks as always, Tom!
I always learn something when I watch your videos. To-day it was that Paul McColl furniture was not made to come apart and the tray you used is a very handy way to return screws to the box. Well done.
Two tools I must comment on: the blue joint popper and the handmade (?) jar emptying platform. As someone who empties her nail collection willy-nilly on the table, what a treat it would be to have a purpose built thingie with a funnel.
Never heard a more civilized, calm rant :)
It's like he wasn't mad, just disappointed.
Thank you! I'll have to step it up a bit next time!
Thank you! Exactly
Hahaha exactly i was like oh boy we gonna see firey TJ but then just calmly sharing his fatherly I'm disappointed in your choices talk and honestly that hit harder.
Thomas' rant was exactly what I would expect from such an obvioulsy smart, calm and good natured person. It was straight to the point and without theatrics or drama - bravo!
Hi Thomas! My name is André, I am a restorer, I live in the city of Curitiba - Brazil. I always watch your videos and I have already applied several of the techniques that you teach in my work, I am also happy to see some that I use being used by you, this tells me that I am on the right path. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. A big hug
Fantastic! I'm glad you like them. It always means a lot to me, coming from a fellow tradesman
Andre - my father was from the village of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro. He got some training in furniture during his youth and moved to the U.S. at 18 years old. He was able to build up a business in the Washington D.C. area in antique restoration which thrived for over 40 years.
you all prolly dont care at all but does someone know a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I somehow forgot my account password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
@Salvatore Joey Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and Im trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Salvatore Joey It worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thanks so much, you saved my account :D
The screw sorting jig alone was worth watching this.
Thanks! The "Parts Buddy Jr"
Same thoughts
“D’oh!” As homer Simpson would say. So simple!
It’s so useful that human beings should be given one at birth!
Tom Johnson on Saturday morning...HECK YEAH!!!
You beat me to it. No better way to start a Saturday morning. Chairs are just so tedious, especially x 6. Great job Thomas.
Better than cartoons? Thanks!
Thank you!
@@johnsonrestoration Any day, Tom!
Liking now, watching later. I haven't seen a single video of yours that I wouldn't watch again. They're all good. Thanks, Tom.
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy it
I’m always so excited to see a video from you, Tom. I love watching you work and solve the puzzle before you. While I could never do what you do, I’ve learned so much from watching you. I’ve gained the confidence to attempt some small furniture repairs and to touch up some small finish blemishes that I would never had tried without your help. I’ve even picked up a rocking chair I found at the curb with a cracked seat because I realized I could fix it and I did. Thank you for helping me pick up new, practical skills. I’m doing “pretty good” if I must say it myself. I’m looking forward to your next video. Thank you!
Hi Charlene, you're welcome! I'm so glad that people can get the confidence they need to try things on their own
in some countries, one must be careful with "things at side of the road", because of bed-bugs. For small objects, a stay in the freezer ensures safety, for bigger ones i don't know, maybe careful examination ?
Really nice work on those! I always appreciate seeing how you respect original finishes, too many "strip em n sand em's" out there. Nothing is nicer than seeing them as they were meant to look. Gotta add, your wildlife and animal clips at beginning and end have had me hooked since I first found the channel. Just heartwarming beauty!
Thank you! I'm glad when people appreciate what I'm trying to do.
I need to build myself one of those screw trays!! Another great video. Thanks for sharing!
Agree. They are great.
I thought exactly the same thing. I even took a picture of the screen so I could sketch up a design.
This tray is genius
When I was in college and living in a shared apartment with little personal space, I stored some things in a shed at my folks house. Included in that was a bag of free flying disks, and a full set of Frisbee Golf Disks, they were different weights and diameters so you could change them depending in the shot. I had about $500 in them. I was out to visit the folks, and went out in the shop to visit with dad before dinner. He was busy organizing his shop, and had cut three inches out of the rims of all my golf frisbees, and was using them to sort nuts, bolts and screws. I asked him why he hadn’t ruined the bag of free disks the food court in the student union used instead of plates. They were all the same size. He was shocked when I told him how much the set he had cut up had cost.
Thanks! A friend made that for me. It's a "Parts Buddy"
-Thomas,
what a fine fellow you are, I admire your delicate taste and your skill, you are a maestro with a capital letter! Bravo maestro,
art and love will save the world!🖼🎨🤘👌👍🤗🤗🤗
Agreed! 👍
Wow, thank you! You're kind words are appreciated!
Thank you!
I'm addicted!
I'm Tom Johnson, from Thomas Johnson antique furniture restoration, in Gorham, Maine.
Yes! Thanks!
Watching your videos is almost as good as hanging out with my Dad while he did projects. Enjoy you. Miss him.
Thank you! That's really nice. I miss my Dad too!
Ask and Ye shall receive! I was sitting here yesterday thinking, "hmm sure wish Tom has a video coming!? I'm going thru withdrawal! and fired up the confuser this morning and Wa!la! heres the video I wanted what more could you ask for. Good save on the broken screw, also. Thanks again Tom for another good lesson.
You're welcome! Yes, I missed my usual Friday release
I think it's great that on a weekend you get 2 of my favorite TH-cam channels from America closely followed by the third on Tuesday morning. All to do with timber
"i go on a little rant here" he sais and continues with the calmest, most informative "rant" you can do. really sweet!
Thanks! I'll try to do better next time!
It is a fact of life for a chair, that it will require disassembly and regluing over it's lifetime. This is not the most taxing job I will face, until encountering those additional dowels, that some "enthusiast" has inserted. There is an optimum size for dowels and tenons, all they have done by adding more, is weaken the structure. Nice job again Tom, thanks for posting.
Thanks! So true, and after drilling those dowels, the chairs still were loose.
gav2759 I spent my working life as an electrician and have encountered work done by “ enthusiasts “ . Most of which varied from annoying to down right dangerous. There are some things in life better left to professionals , electricity and antique furniture being two of them.
I learned the hard way, adding another hole to a joint does only weaken the joint in most cases. Thomas is spot on again. He fixes the problem at present, after all most of the chairs have stood the test of time.
Thanks! We all have to learn the hard way!
Thank you for doing these McCobb chairs justice
You're welcome!
I can’t remember seeing you have such a hard time disassembling a chair before! Obviously they were well-made and cared for to have lasted this long in such good condition.
Thank you for sharing your efforts and not just editing it out. It always helps my confidence when I see someone with so much experience have to put in a little bit of effort to do something that would severely test my abilities. Beautiful work as always! Thank you!
You're welcome! Yes, a while ago we decided to show the good, the bad, and the ugly! Originally, we edited out problems and just showed the solutions - but people demanded more!
Please make more videos for my husband and I. We watch together each night but have run out of new videos. Thank you for entertaining us and teaching is something new each time.👍🏼 🪑
Thank you, I will! I have almost 200 hundred videos published! Sure you watched them all?
Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration I had a transplant a year ago and with all of my down time, my husband and I did a Thomas Johnson Marathon year. Love your work and videos. 👍🏼
That was the most polite, calm "rant" I've ever heard!
Thanks! I'll have to do better next time!
Can't believe Tom still has under 100K subscribers. What a shame! Excellent work as usual! Thanks!
It is hard to believe. People like antiques. People like carpentry videos. People like restoration videos. This has it all from one of the premier furniture restorers in the country. Why not more subscribers??
You and me both! Thanks! I'm getting there!
Who knows? I feel like I'm doing everything I can!
Really nicely done. 👍👍👍
11:45 - "You should mark a piece up as if someone else is gonna put it back together"
Exactly! Who haven't been handed over a pile of parts from something that someone else had dismantled, without marking them up, and still they expect you to reassemble the piece in 5 seconds!
True! Especially when you disassembled it yourself!
Yours has to be the most polite "rant" I've ever seen to date. Thanks for another great vid!
I appreciate that! Thanks!
Beautifully designed furniture restored to its original glory. Lovely job, as always!
Thank you very much!
RE the “Warm Walnut” finish. They were just making the transition from varnishes to oil based urethane. These were production pieces and they added dyes to the finish to accomplish a consistent finish across the line, and pieces made at different times. The “Warm Walnut” was a spay applied, dyed urethane. The science behind the dyes wasn’t’ nearly as advanced as it is now, And they were prone to UV fading. The darker chair has had less exposure.
I collect and restore furniture from the Lane “Acclaim” series designed by Andre Bus, from the same time frame. They also applied a “walnut” dyed finish to that line, and it was made from, walnut veneered lumber core sheet goods with solid walnut in a few places, and white ash used for the legs and a perimeter around the top, and some trapezoidal veneer inlays in top to simulate dovetails. The whole thing was spray finished in the the “walnut” urethane varnish.
They show up on eBay constantly, and some one has stripped them and applied one of the modern water based urethane finishes. The visual contrast between the walnut and the ash is almost disturbing.
look great
Thanks Randall. That is good info! I have collected quite a few of those same pieces. The ones with the original finish do show a contrast between the woods though. I've refinished some just natural and they look great
Thanks!
Thanks! Some of the wood definitely looked like walnut, other pieces not so much
Great information! I knew what I was seeing in those arms/legs was ash!! The crest rails don’t look like walnut either to me... more like birch or maple (something closed pore) I work a lot with vintage electric guitars and they have the same dye fade issues A “cherry” red finish often winds up light brown for example.
I want you to know that your screw tray (shown at 6:25) is one of the most brilliant and useful things I've seen in years. I built myself one a year or two ago when I had seen it in another video, and use it all the time.
Yes!
As someone who doesn’t have one, but will soon, I can say that spilling out a container of random screws and having to put them back, is almost dreadful enough not want to do it at all.
Thanks John! van Benten designed and made that. The "Parts Buddy"
True!
15 hours. I can see how much you not only enjoy your work but artfully execute each detail.
Wow, thank you!
When you said, “Makes for exciting glue-up” I think you are the Steve Mcqueen of furniture restoration! Nice to see you are well and hope your family is well too! Greetings from Illinois!
Wow, thank you! I don't mind being compared to Steve McQueen! We're all fine, I hope you are too
Handsome furniture brought back to life!
Thank you!
Most Enjoyable. I like it that you only do what is necessary, rather than going to town and the Blitzkrieg approach
Thanks! It's tough not to sometimes!
I get so excited when you're videos are released, I have to either go and tell my fiancee or text him that yuh you have a new video on! You have given out so many great tips and I refer back to your older videos. Our favorite the desk hidden drawers.
You have saved me so many aggravating moments when I restore the Hoosier cabinets I came to be obsessed with. Between you and 2 other channels I am set. Wish my dad was still here. Because I know we would be in business together restoring furniture and using your guidance of tips. Keep up the great videos!!!!
Joan Pavlick I wasn’t raised with my dad, he lived a long ways away, in Indiana. He was a lifelong carpenter and when I grew up he restored a Hoosier for me. I love it and use it as my baking cabinet. It still has the flour sifter. I love old Hoosiers, too! Good for you for saving and restoring them.
Thanks Joan! Hoosier cabinets are the best. Really takes me back to Grandma's kitchen!
I wish my Dad was here too
Hi Thomas,
I had to pull-apart a poorly fitted/glued mortise-and-tenon joint a few weeks back. I'm the only one in the shop (as usual) and I was also applying the glue to the failed joint. The question became one of "how to pull the joint apart carefully, and hold it for a second or two as the glue is applied." I used two 3/4 inch pipe clamps, reversing the outboard ends (by compressing the stacked springs underneath, sliding them off, and placing them back on the pipe "backwards"). Place both ends of the clamp between the legs containing the failed joint, and turn the steel cranking handle on the clamp COUNTERCLOCKWISE to reverse the clamping motion, thus spreading the legs. It worked like a charm! I hope I remember it.
Thanks Robert! That's the way I have always done it. But now I like these "spreader" clamps like the one I use in this video
I have a job that's very hard at the moment. To relax I watch Tom's videos and enjoy them all. Binge watched most of them again over the last week. It's great watching an expert at work!
Thank you! I'm glad I can help, even in a small way
I've just realized this is the Bob Ross show for woodworkers. Thanks for all the great content. As a young woodworker, seeing pieces taken apart has been just as important as the assembly. Seeing what goes wrong 20-100 years later is incredibly informative. Keep up the great work.
Thanks! All true!
I just want to tell Thomas in this crazy world when I need to relax, I watch a few of your videos and it is so calming and takes my mind off other things. So thank you. I love your channel.
¡Gracias! ¡Y saludos a Argentina! Quiero ir allí
We are so empowered by clamps and the like, but ONLY if we learn how to use them.
YOU are a " CREATICE CLAMPER" !
I have a whole new respect for their value.
Use them to hold the corners of my quilting frame......
Creative
Yes! I agree. Clamping is everything!
It is such a joy to watch the love and care you put into your work!!
Thank you!
Thanks Tom, another great restoration, excellent work...👍.
Very welcome!
"An exciting glue-up" - only on this channel!
Yes, he said it was "frantic", but if you rewind 45 seconds he looks cool as a cucumber. Frantic in Tom's world means his heart jumps to whopping 65 bpm! Great job, as always, Tom.
@@kellerrobert80 I was thinking the same thing, I was very impressed with the working time of the glue as it seemed Tom was so cool and calm .... only after, when he said it was a "frantic" glue-up, did I realise it was !
Thanks! Plenty of action!
Thanks! It's all in the editing!
Thanks!
Beautiful chairs, beautiful work.
Thank you very much!
What a great job! Really enjoyable watching you restore them.
Thank you!
Beautiful work as usual! Glad to have you teaching these skills as they are getting scarce!!!
Thank you! And thanks again for the amazing tutorial on adhesives!
Thank you for sharing Tom🙂
You're welcome!
What did you think of the premixed hide glue,Mr Johnson?
Thanks! I like it a lot. You still have to heat it! But still very convenient
They look beautiful! Well done!
Thank you! 😊
Mr Johnson, thank you for sharing your knowledge and professional approach. Stay safe.
Thanks, you too!
Lot’s of glue on this job. Turned out beautifully. Love watching you work, Tom. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.😊👋🏼
Very welcome! I appreciate it
Another beautiful job Tom!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
It is so great to see you! Been a minute. Love the chairs. Hope all us well up there.
Yes! Thank you! And I hope the same for you too
They came out very nice! I love how you decided to save as much as the original finish as possible.
Thank you! 😊 Yes, it worked out well
I've been doing some restoration to my great grandmother's bed with your videos for pointers. Coming along well. Thank you for the inspiration.
You're welcome!
Do rant as much as you want to. Your videos is a learning opportunity for us all, and I would trust you 100 times more often than a random comment on your videos. Good job as usual!
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Always brilliant videos
Thank you! First comment!
Watching you restoring something old, retro and loved is the best entertainment for a Sunday night down under. Nicecto see you again, take care.
Thanks! I appreciate it!
Beautiful job, as always! Thanks for the video!!!
You're welcome!
It's great to see you posting another video, Tom! I've missed seeing them!
Thanks! You Tube has stopped notifications. I've published about 15 videos this year, check your list of subscriptions
I enjoy all of your videos, Tom. Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome! Glad you like them!
Another very beautiful restoration. Thank you Mr. Johnson.
You're welcome!
@@johnsonrestoration Thank you Sir.
Thank you as always for sharing your knowledge and many years of experience with us. Your work is flawless. You don’t know it but you truly are a mentor to me.
I absolutely love watching and learning from all your videos.
Wow, thank you! You are too kind!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching an expert ply his craft. And, I learned more than I knew before.
Thanks.
Very welcome!
Always great content from a master of his trade! Thx for sharing your work with us.
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Another fine job. Cheers Tom.
Many thanks!
Love how you get them back together again.
Thanks!
So glad to see you use a satchet strap! I’ve used them many times and didn’t know if I was going the rite thing 👍🏼
Thanks! Oh yeah! They really come in handy sometimes
Watching a true craftsman at work is a real joy to behold. Thank You
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, great restoration of the dining chairs.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Nice work Tom, thanks for sharing your skills.
My pleasure!
As always Tom... BRILLIANT!!! Awesome video! 😉👍❤❤
Thank you so much! 😀
Another great video! Even with the pieces all numbered, it looked like a daunting task getting Humpty Dumpty together again, but as always--you know what you're doing!!
Kisses to Ella!
Thank you! (Now to deliver those kisses....)
Hi Thomas, Been watching your videos for quite awhile, and even as a 40 year veteran in antique furniture restoration, I am still and always learning a thing or too. It is also nice to see that things in this business do not always go as planned. That is the nature of antiques, and it is nice to remember I am not the only one with "problem children". It is also nice to see your processes, which more often than not, mirrors mine. Such things like looking under or inside a piece of furniture for evidence of the original finish, or species of wood... you certainly have to be a real detective at times. Good work and keep the videos coming. Tom D.
Thank you! I always appreciate positive feedback from other tradesmen. I think like any job, it's all about problem solving, and if something doesn't work right, do it over! I like to preserve as much of the original as possible
To remove rusty screws, I don't use a hot air blower but a soldering iron. It always works. Greetings from Germany. Please excuse my bad English.
Tannhauser111 Your English is perfect!
Great tip re soldering iron - less risk of damage and maximum benefit to metal screw. Your English is great!!
The world needs more Tannhauser111
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Thanks! Good idea! I will try that next time
Yes! Thanks!
Yes!
I didn't get a notification either.... just found the new video by happy accident. I'm always glued to the screen to never miss a clever trick😁🇳🇱
Thanks! They may have stopped notifications!
Very nice refinishing work. They look great!
Thank you very much!
These turned out really nice. Thank you for sharing ♥♥♥
You are so welcome!
Wonderfully done.
Many thanks!
A great video and project...and I LOVE that screw sorting tray....I’ll be making one of those very soon. Thanks for all your great content!
Thanks! Yes, a friend designed and made that for me. "Parts Buddy Jr."
Good afternoon, Mr. Jones, great pleasure from the video, you are cool, neat, calm and you show a lot of interesting devices and techniques, thank you so much. health 👏😁👍
You are so welcome! I appreciate your kind words
Nice way to fall asleep watching some good woodwork. Thanks for the upload mate.
You're welcome! Now, back to sleep!
Very nice pieces. Great work!
Thank you!
Great Saturday morning!! Thomas Johnson is back!!! No notification for me on many channels. Even resetting didn't help.Just have to check every day..a pain but necessary. Chairs look really nice.😍😍
Thanks! And I just had someone comment and say they were getting notifications just fine. We need to figure this out
Its an amazing work what you do!
Thanks a lot for sharing!!!
You're welcome! My pleasure!
Stunning
Thank you! 😊
Best channel on TH-cam! Love your work and calm demeanor ❤
Thank you so much! 😀
Nice chairs- great job- always find your videos so relaxingl -looking forward to the next
Glad you like them! Thanks!
Love your channel. So informative and educational. Thank you
So nice of you! I appreciate it!
Thanks for sharing TJ
You're welcome!
marvelous, grateful thanks for your videos
You're welcome! Glad you like them!
Hi Thomas, I came across your videos and I am really enjoying them. These restorations are amazing and the videos themselves are really enjoyable!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Learned a lot again!. Thank you as always.
My pleasure!
Very nice work thank you for sharing.
You're welcome!
beautiful, well made chairs. excellent puzzle skills you
Thank you very much!
Awesome work DONE
Thank you so much! 😀 I appreciate you watching my videos!
Great work as usual Young Thomas!
Thank you Sir! Hope all is well!
Another warm and educational video, thanks for posting. I always use modern glue and am never quite happy with it so would be fascinated to hear a bit more about the hide glues - pros and cons, set times etc.
You're welcome! I really like this glue: "Old Brown Glue" www.oldbrownglue.com/
Thanks for another great video.
You're welcome!
Exactly the video I needed this week. Someone is bringing me a handmade rocking chair that has some sticky finish on the leading edge of the seat and dark spots with flaking finish on the arm rests. Will try the cleaning and spot-fixing method once I determine the finish type. Thanks as always, Tom!
Glad I could help! Good luck with it!
I always learn something when I watch your videos. To-day it was that Paul McColl furniture was not made to come apart and the tray you used is a very handy way to return screws to the box.
Well done.
Thanks! The "Parts Buddy"!
Two tools I must comment on: the blue joint popper and the handmade (?) jar emptying platform. As someone who empties her nail collection willy-nilly on the table, what a treat it would be to have a purpose built thingie with a funnel.
Thanks! Yes, a friend of mine designed and built that. We should patent it!
Outstanding
Thank you!
Heating up screws with a solderingiron will often loosen them. Nice videos, love to watch them. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thanks! I'll have to try that
Love the work
Much appreciated!