Another good book available from Google Books is B.B. Hoffman's The Sloyd System of Woodworking. To find it on Google Books, use the search function and type in Hoffman and Sloyd. This book, written by the director of the Baron De Hirsch Manual Training School in New York City in 1892 offers a great wealth for free download, including Alfred Johannson's model series from Nääs. I had thought about posting this model series on the blog, but realized it would be so much easier for readers to download the full text and images.

Alfred Johannson was the primary woodworking teacher at Nääs for many of the early years, and when I visited there, I was fortunate to find his signed, original marking gauge amongst the tools, ready for use after over 100 years. At this point in the life of the blog, I'm wondering whether scanning and publishing the original model series with modern commentary and experience would be helpful to readers. I would only take the time for doing it if I knew that there would be teachers interested in putting sloyd principles and techniques in modern usage. Let me know.