: did the exact same thing today on King #2. Just remember to keep it moving. I
: hold the belt sander perpendicular to the sheer,and sweep it left to right
: with about 12" sweeps ,removes wood fast this way and leaves alot of
: scratch but the r.o.s. with 80 and 120 will clean it up great.

Just thinking, you know they need a flexible pad on a 3"x21" belt sander, then that would really be the cat's meow! Maybe a spring loaded pad/belt made out of interlinking track like the tracks on a tank. The flex could be adjustable by spring tension.