Christmas Tree Light Dimmer in a Christmas Present

https://youtu.be/mJy1VLC6l0w
Dimming incandescent Christmas light bulbs, even just a little, will make them last a lot longer. In this video, I go over creating a Christmas present enclosure and putting a dimming circuit in it. This video is not a tutorial on woodworking or electrical wiring. Please look to other resources for proper woodworking and electrical wiring safety.

Parts:
Plywood: Scrap baltic birch plywod
Duplex outlet: (https://amzn.to/12Ojyxl)
4×4 Cover Toggle/Duplex (https://amzn.to/1tZ1sPz)
4″ Square Box 2 1/8″ deep: (https://amzn.to/1FZW2tq)
Lutron Rotary Dimmer: (https://amzn.to/1yqf5ZM)
16-3 Outdoor extension cord: (https://amzn.to/1rZckSB)

Inside the DeWalt DW735X Planer with Byrd Shelix cutter head

In this video, I mount a GoPro Hero 3+ (Black Edition) in my DeWalt DW735X Planer with a Byrd Shelix head. The video starts off at 3x speed, then moves to 1/8x slo-mo speed and finishes at 1x realtime speed.

DEWALT Thickness Planer, Two Speed, 13-Inch (DW735) (Amazon Affiliate)
US: https://amzn.to/397NKYf
CA: https://amzn.to/2YZvQoR

Overview of SiliconDust HDHomeRun View for Mac

Watch OTA TV on your Mac. In this video I do an overview of the HDHomeRun View software to connect a Mac to an HDHomeRun EXTEND.

SiliconDust HDTC-2US-M HDHomeRun EXTEND (Amazon Affiliate)
US: https://amzn.to/3dV87bx
UK: https://amzn.to/2NYARVG
CA: https://amzn.to/38G96uZ
AU: https://amzn.to/2ABKdUm

Watch this video to learn how to find your IP address or record using the command line:
https://youtu.be/adJYHW030Gs

SiliconDust HDHomeRun Command Line Recording on Linux

In this video I go over recording OTA programming using the SiliconDust HDHomeRun EXTEND using the command line on Linux. Much of this is also applicable to Mac systems.

SiliconDust HDTC-2US-M HDHomeRun EXTEND (Amazon Affiliate)
US: https://amzn.to/3dV87bx
UK: https://amzn.to/2NYARVG
CA: https://amzn.to/38G96uZ
AU: https://amzn.to/2ABKdUm

Command Line Tools Used
hdhomerun-config
at
curl
Sample Curl Command
curl -o video.ts "http://<ip_address_of_hdhomerun>:5004/auto/v8.1?transcode=internet540&duration=60"

Transcoding options:
mobile
heavy
internet540
internet480
internet360
internet240

I forgot to mention in the video, if you leave off the transcode option, you will get the native video format (in my case it was mpeg2).

Philips InstantFit LEDtube T8 LED vs Fluorescent tube

Philips InstantFit LED T8 Lamps (https://amzn.to/1AOr8qE)
Type: LED
Length: 4ft
Model: 9290002841
UPC: 046677434601
Watts: 14.5
Lumens: 1600
Average life: 40,000 hours
Color temp: 4000K
CRI: 83
Ballast required: Electronic (instant start)
Dimmable: No

SYLVANIA 21998 – FO32/735/ECO (https://amzn.to/1ozIyBT)
Type: Fluorescent
Length: 4ft
UPC: 046135219986
Watts: 32
Lumens: 2800
Average life: 24,000 hours
Color temp: 3500K
CRI: 75
Ballast required: Electronic

Cree vs Philips T8 LED Comparison:https://youtu.be/6POeI9G6rZ4)