I stopped using my Crapsman belt sander a long time ago. It was more work than it was worth. When I ran into a particularly difficult wood that even my Lie-Nielsen planes, at the highest angles and with the sharpest blade irons, couldn't plane without chip out, I had only two options: scrapers or a belt sander.  Because of the amount I had to remove, I chose the belt sander.  So I broke down and bought a real belt sander.