Hope I am not beginning to sound like a flatulent senior citizen (that's an old fart for those in Loma Linda).
I have started to do some rather small wood projects and of course, do need some basic tools to do this beyond hand held tools, hence my "Just Three" previous post - the responses there were very helpful in deciding what to get. Having said this, what is the basic difference between "refinishing and refurbishing" a piece of furniture. Case in point, I recently sanded and added new hardware to a cedar chest my daughter bought at a garage sale - came out pretty good (I'll post a few pics in a few days at alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking). My next project is to repair an old secretary type desk with a roll up front that was discarded in front of a house that was being gutted for a "flip" and sale. The desk needs extensive repair and of course sanding, staining and varnishing. It may just be a matter of semantics, but the definitions in my old college dictionary did not satisfy my curiosity.
Many thanks in advance,
Ray ===