Restoring a Badly Damaged Veneer Panel - Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration 

Seeing your dog wearing ear protection had to be the highlight of an already excellent video. Just too cute for words.

You know, in a world where everything moves so fast and you can get anything you want in an instant, I stop everything I'm doing to watch your video. It's really interesting and relaxing. Thanks for making it!

Your clamping explanation was so perfect! But the dog with the noise canceling headphones made my day! Thanks Mr. Johnson! 💕

loved the new diagram explanation! keep the good work sir, I'm glad to learn with every new video (y)

Beautiful job Mr. J. Your dog cracks me up!

Your dog is amazing :)

Glad to see you take your duty of care as far as your four legged helper is concerned!

It looks amazing, total change from the item that you first showed us. It is nice that you include your dog and the other animals, but it would be real nice to hear conversation between you and your daughter. Thanks for the skills Tom, take care.

I love your work. I've learnt a lot. In my opinion, you go about making your videos in the right way. For a start, you don't waffle - you get straight to it. Secondly, you both tell and show people exactly what you are doing and how to do it - even to the extent of doing some animation. AS a consequence, your videos are very informative and I for one find them a pleasure to watch.

You sir are amazing. My wife and I love your video's. We always learn something and can't wait for the next. Please continue.

It Is by good to see your daughter helping you in your shop. I could never beget my son away from sports long enough to work in my shop. Thanks for the video.

Your little ladies look about as warm as our little ladies. We don't have as much snow on the ground as you have, but it is bone chilling cold here in Kentucky. We are headed for zero tonight. I don't know how the hens stand walking around in snow in their bare feet, but they certainly are glad to cozy up to the heat lamp at night. The piece is lovely, as usual. You do such beautiful work. I'm about to finish the table I've been working on, which I would never have had the courage to tackle without these. I've had a mishap on the finish, so I'm going to have to sand a coat off and redo it. Other than that, it is coming together beautifully, thanks to your tutoring.

You had given me some great advise to restore my first piece and I was so excited to get to work! Now that I am healing up from surgery and dealing with severe permanent nerve damage your videos are very therapeutic. Thank you for taking the time out of your life to make all the videos your work is simply amazing! I may not be able to start a project but at least I can enjoy your videos I always get excited to see there is a new one. Have a wonderful weekend Tom. -Paul

I’m loving the canine PPE! Just discovered your channel. Really enjoy your videos.

Most enjoyable. The transformation in the veneer was surprising so beautiful.

When I saw the ripples on the side-pieces, I thought you would replace them. Your masterful clamping not only restored them but I saw why you did--the original pattern was well worth saving! Congratulations!

Nice job! Who knew one could restore warp veneers!!! My gosh, beautiful job well done! I'm a new subscriber so expect a lot of comments from me. lol. BTW, I love your sense of humor with your cut-away shots. The dog with the ear protectors and the chickens at the end was LOL. Being a woman myself, I like that you have a woman assistant/apprentice too. I look forward to watching more videos and learning from a true master of furniture restoration!

Well done!! As always v.Good job!! Really liked the dog with the headset, looks so cute lol

Remarkable Transformation! I would have passed that piece up if I saw it for sale used but it's stunning now!!

Just discovered this channel and I've been stuck on it for hours. It has inspired me to get back to my chest lid. It's a cheap pine chest I found and I challenged myself to make it look like mahogany. I also challenged myself to give the lid top a glass-flat and gloss finish. After applying about thirty coats to the top and scraping it about every fifth coat I started having problems with the surface. I figured out that I was rushing and not letting the poly cure. So I let it sit for about six months. Yesterday I wet sanded it with and orbital sander and 400 grit. It came out great. There is still more to go, but Thomas's videos have shown that it just takes patience. Think about putting a mirror finish on pine construction-grade plywood and you'll get the picture.

Awesome work sir! I absolutely love the old furniture with burl inserts. It is amazing to see you patiently restore these old pieces. Thanks so much for taking the time to video the process. I am simply amazed!

I check RU-vid every day for a new video from you. you sir, are the best I started a business of furniture restorations in the country I am living (Luxembourg), and I learn so much from you Thank you

Wonderful restoration of a lovely old chest of drawers. and the respect with which Tom Johnson treats the piece . Most enjoyable.....

Mr. Johnson, I always find your work interesting. Your attention to detail is incredible. But, there's one other thing you do that I also find rather impressive; it's the way you man-handle those huge pieces of furniture. If we ever meet, I'll certainly call you Sir!

I know it is a lot of extra work but, me personally, I would have totally enjoyed seeing the full repair. Beautiful piece either way.

Tom, love the puppy ear protection!

I love watching furniture repair videos and the fact that you have the cutest dog and chickens in your videos makes me so happy!

The repairs on each side looks almost new once it was cleaned up. Your attention to detail is second to none. Another happy customer!

Wow. All this piece needed was a quality touch and this duckling turned into a swan.

WOW that was awesome!!

Magical... and fascinating to watch. Blows me away how nicely the patch blends in.

Who would have thought there was such a swan in this piece of furniture. The pleasure is ours

Your videos are really inspirational to me. It's helping me become a craftsman at work and not just another chippy carpenter. Many thanks from sunny old England.

I’ve messaged you before I’m a huge fan and I’ve learned so much from watching I’m in North Carolina and I really wish you were closer so I could be your protégé in learn in first hand. I have a family heirloom Sheraton table it’s on my bucket list to one day go all the way to Maine to see if you would do it it being a family heirloom and me being a fan it would make it extra special if it was restored from you. I really enjoy your channel so much in this hobby that I am now doing. I just wanted to say thank you for starting this channel

Wow, that was a lot of work for veneer, great job 👏

Hey Thomas, that came out great. Another 100yrs of usefulness out of the piece. Glad to see the dog had its ear protection on : ) Great job.

I just finished restoring my parents 1914 Hoosier. It had sat in the basement for year, so the dampness had damaged the bottom, back, and bottom edges of the side oak veneer plywood. I flipped it over and re-laminated the side oak plywood bottom edges using your type methods with white glue in the gaps, plastic, wood blocks and clamps. The cheaper 3-ply plywood on the back and bottom surface layers sperated from the heavier core. Being that I didn't (couldn't safely) disassemble it to clamp it. I dremeled many 8th inch holes and injected in white glue, plastic, wood blocks, then pressed it flat using 200 pounds of pea gravel in 16 heavy cotton old lead shot bags. Once that ply was flat, then built a sub frame to mount big casters using 3/4" x 6" oak boards. Once this was finished, I flipped it upright and re-laminated the top side of the bottom ply placing the gravel bags inside the base cabinet of the Hoosier sandwiching it flat while being supported from below by the new sub frame. It turned out real good without taking any of it apart!

I know you likely won't see this comment, but I am amazed at your work! Dispite being generally ignorant of wood related work and crafts, it doesn't take a genuis to spot amazing work. You've earned my subscription and admiration!

Wow!!!!Great work...Surprised by CVA glue on veneer....My new learnings...Thanks

Thank you for providing this excellently explained piece of theory on how to glue veneer.

Wow! It turned out great!

Wow, beautiful! Well done!

Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful! I was looking for some info on restoring an old desk and I believe I've hit the motherload 👍

The sense of achievement you must get with every piece bought back to life like this must be immense. In this case the veneer was in such a state yet when finished it looked outstanding with the actual veneer itself being a beautiful example of the craft.

Wow... quite a transformation!

Wow it dosent look like the same pice of furniture. Looks new. Beautiful job

Thanks for sharing. Every video you make is amazing. The care and craftsmanship you put in every piece is awesome.

I think this is a wonderful find. I recently acquired an antique 1948 Philco radio-phonograph. I dream of getting it restored and possibly even working so just started doing some research on a few things. Coming across your video gives me some ideas at least, and I'm amused that you actually aren't far away from me so maybe I should just look into the cost of having someone with the tools, equipment and knowledge do the repairs! Haha. Thanks for sharing :)

Always great videos. Thanks for sharing

Love what you did there but even more I loved the dog with ear protection. She looks at you as if to say - are you done yet so I can get those stupid things off - love it. The veneer job came out incredible beautiful 👌😘😊

I enjoy all your videos. I like the seeing your livestock at the intro. I notice your assistant gets no introduction.

Never knew about the caul and platon! Thank you.

Thomas I'm usually engrossed in what your doing but seeing the dog with ear defenders on was hilarious mate.

This was a great video. I'm getting to do a few more repairs and will use the techniques that I learned from you. Thank you thank you thank you! Too much fun!

Beautiful!! Your dog in ear protection is priceless!!!

Simply beautifull to watch. You are a true craftsman in my humble opinion. One day ... one day I will attain this level of care ... Thank you for your efforts in making videos.

The cute doggie with the hearing protection! For some reason that cracked me up! I'm watching every video that you've made. I love them all! You should have your own show, you have a great speaking voice and are really good on camera. Your editing is done really well too, just the perfect amount of what you need to see without all of the rest! Thank you!

Another excellent video. Thanks so much

Love your video and the spot where your dog's ear's are protected.....LOL

Love the new animations in the video! And this is just the info I needed (along with some of your past videos) to reglue some 1/8" veneer on the top of a dresser this weekend.

Beautiful save.

Beautiful work once again and proof that safety and PPE applies to dogs as well. LOL.

Love the dog earmuffs. Plus good way to protect him too. You should make him some goggles

Well done again Tom, a brilliant result!

Wow, lots of hard work doing that one!! Good job.

So nice to see another video uploaded. Thank you so much.

You explain things so clear I enjoy your show

Wonderful work, as always. A student woodworker myself, I am going through all of your videos these days. I feel like I'm doing an internship with a great mentor, all the while being confined at home! :) I'm curious about the mallet you use. Can you tell us a bit more about its characteristics and brand? Stay safe. Gratitude and admiration from Canada.

Excellent instruction, very clear, and lovely result. Many thanks.

Loved the visual on the veneer clamping. Keep up the great work!

You are doing a good job Sir

Love the ear protection on the dog.

Hi Tom, congratulations for this great restoration job, and I lso congratulate your smart dog for not ignoring health and safety rules. Turgut Küney

❤️ AWESOME work!

Missed this one along the way. Very nice work Jim

Love the dog headgear, cracked me up, I had to watch it twice, most excellent!

Damn, you make it look easy. Wonderful job.

Beautiful work done on this piece!

Wow, now you have graphics as well!!! I love your videos, thanks very much for all the effort.

Excellent work, Tom.

Excellent as usual. Have you ever had an interest in making furniture start to finish or have you always preferred the repair side of things? That veneer was really a surprise once finished. Thanks for the videos.

Spectacular !

I love the Ella-Bean shots! She’s just standing there in her ear protectors like “Uh-Oh.....here he goes again” 😂😂😂 Another great job! ETA: I’m assuming this is your daughter that you spoke of in response to another one of my comments? I love seeing y’all work together....even if this video is a couple years old ☺️😃

Good work 👍👍👍👋👋👋

Hi Tom. The animation explaining the clamping pressure was really nice! I would have done the glue up a different way but it would of not been nearly as effective. Thanks for posting this! I think your dog stole the show with the ear protection! Haha Happy New Year!

I love your Video's but more than that, I LOVE seeing a Happy Dog and your Dog always looks Happy. Thank you and my Dog asked me to say Ruff Ruff to you.

Who gag when Tom said he had to take a part the entire chest just to flatten the sides?! Okay, let's finish watching but first let me make some popcorn. This restore project is going to be good!

Happy 2017 to you. You achieved a really good result with something that is certainly not easy to finish, and overall the piece looks great. Thank you for continuing to post videos of your work.

Absolutely beautiful your dog wearing hearing protection hilarious

Great job!....Nothing like rediscovering the hidden beauty of a workpiece.....Just like the original craftsman intended it to look. I am curious as to why you used PVA glue vs hide glue for the veneer. Thank you for sharing

Outstanding 🌅

Very educational as usuall, cant wait to see more of you guys work!

Wonderful. Thanks.

Beautiful work.

One of your best videos to date. Terrific work !!!

As always great video! I am always happy when I see a new video from you :)

That's some snow plow you have!! Pretty good solution to a sticky problem.

As always, awesome video. Thanks for sharing.

A general question: I have watched you fix veneer problems for years - and enjoyed all of them! Big problem seems to be the base wood running in different directions and shrinking. Did the original carpenters/builders not know about this problem. Surely they became aware after many years of use?