I bought a joiner 20 years ago because I thought I had to buy one, natural progression. Fast forward. It is almost never used. Indeed, I find that with snipe, the joiner does a worse job than trying to straighten edges on a table saw. Fast forward some more. I took some local and out of state classes on hand tools, and discovered the joy of jointing an edge with a long well sharpened Stanley No. 8. Nearly perfect results.