Just a note,and it isn't presented to be the end-all,be-all.......use at your own discretion.
Imagine a really valuable SXS shotgun.....Old Parker,or Elsie(L.C.Smith) or whatever?You have "wallhangers" and we have "user's"....not too unlike classic planes?
In shotgun world....IF you are going to use one much,it is highly advisable that the joint between the metal and the buttstock,get's "bedded".
It's done just like bedding a bolt action rifle into the stock.On a shotgun,it ain't so much about accuracy however,as it is about preserving the wood.....in a,wood vs metal contest.
So,it can be looked at EXACTLY the same way with totes on classic old planes.Is it a "user" or is it a highly collected wallhanger.And understand that user means exactly what it is.......we're using it everyday.
If you want to use your plane everyday and it has any looseness in the wood vs metal,you would do yourself and the plane,a great favor to "bed" it.Using the very same tools/techniques that are used in gun world.
Continue regular programming....