Restoring a Tilt-Top Table - Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration 

Your patience with checking, refinishing, checking and refinishing again, and again, is most admirable!

Wow, you are a real artist, the fact that you can color match to pieces of wood this different is nothing short of magic!

Thomas, you should get some TJAFR merchandise rolling with your signature phrase, "I think it looks pretty good." I'd proudly purchase and wear a Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration t-shirt. You are a master, sir!

I'm in awe. Tom is the master.

Wonderful job I was impressed by amount of time you devote to to attain a beautiful finish

It is fascinating watching an artist at work.

If Thomas Johnson says it looks good.... IT LOOKS GOOD!

You are very exacting and mathodical in your skill of workman ship sir!

Hello Thomas, Great session. I was watching another of you videos, I agree with the use of older screws in older furniture. It adds to the attention to detail. Thank You, Brett

What fun.....matching the stain. Lovely little table. Great job!

Brilliant job and what a result - a true 'Master' at work, and a joy to watch. Thank you :-)

I think it looks more than pretty good, you rescued that table from the morgue

Thank you Mr. Johnson for sharing your expertise, beautiful Job on all your pieces, I have watched your other videos the finished work is great.

Thank you Tom. Once again, a beautiful job. Your knowledge and patience prevailed. Rich

Always a joy to watch you Mr. Johnson. You impart knowledge and reveal beauty on the many pieces that you restore.

Absolute hats off to you sir! A truly remarkable job!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience tackling one of the hardest finishing issues; color matching. The owners of that table owe you a debt of gratitude for the time and effort you put into bringing that back. Outstanding work.

What a transformation. Beautiful job. You certainly proved that there is a lot of art involved in these restorations.

Fantastic job! Thank you for all the knowledge and insights!

Absolutely gorgeous! Enjoyed every minute of this video. Thank you.

That deep reach clamp, wow! A beast. Another great video. Your dedication and attention to detail is inspiring thanks for sharing

This may be my favorite piece yet. Really really beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

Excellent video -tutorial, and the outcome with the table is fantastic. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, much appreciated.

Great job! I know how difficult it is to try to match a board colour like that and you did a great job!

A lesson in diligence. Demonstrated awesome work ethic. This may be my favorite video from your channel. Beautiful beautiful job and table! Gorgeous

Wonderful transformation. Really enjoyed watching!

And yet another!...…...great work Tom. I'm just finishing up a tilt top, a bit older and much more plain than yours. I pulled twelve cut nails out of the legs to remove them......sliding dovetails with one totally blown out. Don't you love it when someone else helps you out? Keep them coming, I enjoy every lesson!

Another superior effort! Please keep the videos coming.

that was pretty amazing. def a nail bitter for me. and in the end...IT TURNED OUT DAMN NEAR PERFECT!

Beautiful job. I love how you don't settle for passable. You keep going for great.

Dr.Johnson that looks Fabulous! Well done video and wonderful new inspirations! THANKS!

What patience you have! The amount of work you put into this little table to get it as close to perfection as possible was inspiring! . I live on the other side of the country but what I wouldn't give to have you near by to work your magic on an old bookcase of mine! It must be so satisfying to bring these wonderful old pieces back to life. It is a joy to watch you work.

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. The amount of work you put in is amazing, the end result is like a brand new antique table!

Amazing! Very enjoyable to watch a master at his craft. You assiduously accomplished what looked impossible with your expert knowledge, ability, and patience. Thank you for sharing.

Looks great! Two surprises the packing tape and the steel makers, two more items to put into my Tom Johnson file. Thanks again. Chuck

Absolutely Stunning!

Fantastic job. Thanks so much for an excellent dialog of your processes.

wow! always enjoy your work! absolutely perfect attention to detail!

It really looks good - Tom you're an artist!

Hey Tom, really came out awesome, knowledge and experience and creativity made it a beautiful piece again ! Great job.

Excellent work as always Tom. Really enjoyed following along. Cheers, John

I admire your work! Love your videos. You're such a pleasant and calming person. Greetings from Bulgaria!

beautiful job as always Tom!

Magical work as always Tom! ~Jack, VEG

Great job! Especially on the inlay on the top. Tank you :)

Wow, great job on this one Tom. Looks pretty darn good!

Your videos are a source of great inspiration and calm, honestly, and I find watching them to be always so very relaxing and relieving, to see someone who puts their knowledge, gained from so many years of experience, with understanding and a passion for what someone is doing, to be very as I said very calming indeed, and always a break from many turbulent events around. Thank you very much for them.

Looks like a new table, great job!

Once again a fantastic video, many thanks. Greetings from York England .

Wonderful job. Thank you so much for sharing. This is by far my favourite RU-vid-Channel. Greetings from Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪.

Beautiful work Thomas!

I can think of nothing satisfying than being given the chance to apprenticeship in his shop. How cool would that be, all that knowledge and skill.

Outstanding!

It looks GREAT!!

Beautiful job, Tom!

I am speechless , i can say only You're a genius!!!! Wow :D

Great work Thomas, what a challenge it must of been just to match the color of the stain to the wood, it turned out looking great, Thanks for posting.

Every time that you use the hide glue I'm taken back to my childhood. It was one of the smells that I associate with my dad's workshop...I can almost smell it as I watch the videos. Sometimes it got too cold in the workshop and dad would bring his work into the kitchen, and I'd smell the glue upstairs. Thanks for triggering good memories.

It´s gorgeous. Wonderfull work. A hug from Portugal.

I always enjoy your videos. Thank u

Looks great! Jim

As usual great work. I go on RU-vid every day to check and see if you added a new video. I learn a lot from you sir.

Outstanding craftmanship, sir!

What a transformation!

from the brink of demolition to rejuvenation. this is it!

Beautiful came out really nice.

That is Awesome and a Beautiful table.

Another great job!!! And a very well done video!!!

Stunning 😍

I've missed your updates. More like this please! :)

Great job!

Its ear you really like this table! Turned out great!

impecable job

A true artist.. WOW..

That turned out very nice .

That was great work. Thank you

Excellent!!! Thank you very much!!!

Hey Tom . . . That another good one . . . Thanks for sharing your experience through RU-vid . . . I look forward to your videos . . . great inspiration to try to make something turn out as "pretty good" as you do . . . that's an aspiration for me . . .

just beautiful

I did worked on a very similar table last year. The loose leg had deeply set finish nails. I worked in as much glue as I could into the available gap. Perhaps I could have cut the nails but was afraid of damage, also I doubt my clients would have sprung for the level of attention you put in. Very nice video.

Your patience is inspirational. I wish you were closer to my area. I would have some work for you. Ha.

I bet your client had a big smile when they got their table back, a stunning job.

Very nice work Tom. It appeared to be a challenge matching the lighter panel to the rest of the top, especially with such a fine inlay to deal with. Again with time and patience, you pulled off a very close match. I lost count of the number of overnight drying periods in your video, that few minutes of video time obviously took a good few days. Wood - such a fantastic material to work with and what a reveal the top was. Thank you for posting, I look forward to your next project.

So good. Thanks.

Great work, dude!

Beautiful

that looks beautiful good job

Good Job! Well done! Keep up your good work. Greetings from Sri Lanka!

This guy has an almost British sense of understatement....not too bad = brilliant... (and I'm a Brit!)

Wonderful job 💺 🌷 👍

Exquisite!

The only channel that I click on 'Like' before I have watched the content.

Que hermoso trabajo ,espero mas tutoría les de sus videos ,he aprendido mucho gracias

Congratulations you are a master God bless you

Really loooooove to watch ur videos!!

VERY NICE!! 😀😀😀

Awesome

great job 🏅🏅🏅👍👍

Fantastic, it can also be used as a temporary stop sign.

Matching the exact color is almost impossible. I am quite impressed with how close you got there. Maybe by time as the wood darkens all over it won't be noticeable at all.