It instructs you to line up the outfeed table with the body of the cutter head. Which is OK to get things square to the out feed table. But if that's all you do you will get snipe at the end of each run . . . guaranteed. The missing step is to line the surface of the outfeed table exactly to the height of the cutterhead inserts that do the cutting. If the insert cutting edge is above the outfeed table you will always get snipe.
In the trouble shooting section it does mention that if you get snipe -
"1. Align outfeed table with cutterhead inserts at top dead center (Page 33)."
The other problem with adjusting the height of the outfeed and infeed tables is that when have removed the insert screws and use the screwdriver to move the tables up or down you can get it perfectly aligned. But when you screw down the insert screws and tighten them up it lowers the table by between 1/32 and 1/64 of an inch. So you have to redo the process several times to get it right.

I've been debating about which jointer to buy for a while and landed on this one. I build mostly small things (cutting boards, lazy Susan's, guitar stands), so the 6 inch width and shorter tables were enough for me.
This came out of the box practically ready to use. The adjustments from the factory are perfect and I was using it in no time. This tool instantly made my woodworking better and more accurate.

I love this jointer!!! I bought this because i just needed one asap. But when i got it and started using it, i found this is my fav jointer i have bought. I love how easy it is to use. The set up takes a few mins, but once you have it dialed in, it works magic. 10/10 would recommend

I don't know a lot about jointers. This is my first one, so this review will be short. I put a machined straight edge (from Woodpeckers) across the tables and they were perfectly flat out of the box. It was easy to assemble, and easy to connect to dust collection. I bought it to put perfect edges on boards I want to glue together to make a panel, something I had been doing on a table saw. I just used it for the first and got exactly what I wanted. The edges of the 5 boards I ran on the machine are perfect, it only took minutes, I didn't have to bust out the table saw, and it didn't make a complete mess of the shop. Making panels just got a WHOLE lot easier in my shop. 5 stars if it were manufactured in the USA.

Definitely not the simplest tool to setup - it took several tries to parallel the infeed and outfeed tables. The manual isn't very clear on the procedure and tech support is outright useless - the important point the manual fails to make is you want the outfeed table at the *lowest* parallel plane to the cutterhead, if you make it parallel in a higher position you won't be able to match the outfeed table without increasing the cut depth above zero. The pictures in the manual are too small to be helpful.

Note the fence isn't easy to setup either - the locking mechanism can push it out of alignment, so double check it's flush to the outfeed before attempting to square it.

Once all that is done... it seems to work quite well! The cuts are quite clean - comparable to the feel of sharp hand plane. I was able to face joint and edge joint 8' long boards with some practice, although a dedicated floor stand unit is probably appropriate if you do long jointing frequently.

You need some kind of dust collection for this to work well - I wouldn't want to use a shop-vac for anything more than a board or two.

The manual isn't clear regarding the mounting hardware - it indicates 3/8" hardware, but the holes in the base are 3/8" wide - so you actually need something closer to 1/2" screws. I'd wouldn't recommend using it without some kind of attached base, otherwise it's prone to tipping in operation.