I am just getting into hand planes and got this off of Ebay for 5 bucks. I figure it would be a good way to learn about them and I needed a smoother plane anyway. I filed down the bottom of the frog where it meets the body because it was a little bit rough. Then I looked in the body where the Frog goes and it is a lot rough. Is there any reason why I wouldn't want to file this surface flat?