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There is no plans as such the dimensions are the same as your current shooting board except that the ramp is elevated 5°. If you like you can follow this link http://inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTools/Advances%20in%20a%20ramped%20shooting%20board.html it has many useful items and tool reviews in it.
The secondary blade is at 35° I have gone to 37 but it was a tad harder to push, I have tried using a single bevel as Paul does but I did find it does take considerably longer to bring an edge, I suspect it could be the waterstone and the dimaond stones Paul uses do cut faster. However if one wanted to you could opt and grind an edge quickly with a grinder free hand or use a jig and then finish off with the water stones. The idea amongst the many is for the primary bevel to be at 25° now many hone the secondary to 27° for me that isn’t ideal. Having the primary set at 25 and secondary honed to 35 takes a considerale amount of time rehoning that primary edge in order to get rid of that secondary bevel in order to reestablish it again if that makes sense, so I propose that the primary bevel should be at 33° and the sec. at 35°, this will help shorten the length of time when one needs to reestablish a new sec. bevel.
Hope this helps I expect Paul to jump down my throat anytime for this. Just remember this is what works for me and the timbers I use. This is not the be all and end all for eveyone, find what works for you and stick to it. The key word here is experiment.