In order for a plane to work properly, I'm wondering how flat the sole of my planes need to be? I suspect it has a lot to do with the size of the plane and it's purpose, but are there some generalities that I can apply, being a newbee and all? I have everything from a #1 smoothing plane, up to a #8.
I'm hoping this isn't one of those "can of worms" topics like I've experienced in the Power Tools forum concerning how flat a table saw table needs to be. Some say it needs to be dead flat corner to corner and others say they never concerned themselves with minute stuff like that, since wood moves.
Anyhow, looking for some guidance from those more experienced than I.