u/Glittering-Pop-9797

I’m in the process of stripping the varnish, then sanding. I practives on one chair first, as this is my first time. I only have experience refinishing hardwood floors. This is the chair after stripping and first run with the orbital sander. Still need to go in and sand the harder to reach areas by hand. Any tips so far? I had posted in hear before and someone said to take the whole chair apart to do this job. I didn’t do this for this chair. Perhaps it would have made it easier, but I didn’t think it was too bad.

Oh, and what kind of wood is this? Oak?