Roy Underhill covered this in an episode of the "Woodwright's Shop." It's a PBS ...

galeforcewinds · on Oct 23, 2017

Season 30, Episode 7 (and repeated as Season 37, Episode 1) is "Who wrote the book of Sloyd?"

Available at http://www.pbs.org/video/the-woodwrights-shop-who-wrote-the-...

Also worth noting Season 30, Episode 10 may be of interest as it covers manual training in England. "The Tiny Tool Kit" is tied to Christopher Schwarz's reprint and update of "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker".