JOINTER VS PLANER VS SANDER - WHERE SHOULD YOU START?

When I first started woodworking, there was no way I could afford a jointer and a planer, let alone a drum sander. I knew that each of those machines would be useful, but since I had little experience with any of them, I had no idea which one to buy first, which to get next, or if I even needed all three of them at all…. Let’s take a few minutes to sort this out.