Thanks a ton fellas! I will use your method Horndog...and hopefully I get at least half as good results as you do. I am glad to hear I have no fear clogging up the belt, I started by hand using a diamond sharpener, and it seemed to fill that sucker up with black coating pretty directly. Boy the belt sander will be so much nicer, I will just start like Vic said and use one of the cheaper 80 grits to get a good start.

Thanks as always!