Martin Strobel
@mkstrobel.bsky.social
I'm a father, husband, brother, and Senior Software Engineering Manager working for Microsoft. I live in the Eastside suburbs of Seattle. I enjoy problem solving, talking with people, being outside, building and fixing things.
Taking it from right cut lumber to dimensioned wood.
March 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Taking it from right cut lumber to dimensioned wood.
My wife and best-man share a birthday. We're playing a recurring game together that requires holding a lot of cards. So for their birthday I made them some card holders from a piece of maple from a tree in my yard.
March 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
My wife and best-man share a birthday. We're playing a recurring game together that requires holding a lot of cards. So for their birthday I made them some card holders from a piece of maple from a tree in my yard.
This saw stops when it hits a finger.
February 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This saw stops when it hits a finger.
This week I've been working on teaching myself how to target steelhead. My fishing mentors tell me this water is too high and cloudy. My philosophy, especially while I'm learning, is that the only way to guarantee I don't catch a fish is to not get a hook in the water. Bonus: it's time outside.
February 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This week I've been working on teaching myself how to target steelhead. My fishing mentors tell me this water is too high and cloudy. My philosophy, especially while I'm learning, is that the only way to guarantee I don't catch a fish is to not get a hook in the water. Bonus: it's time outside.
Adding the rubber feet from the old cutting board, and the finished product in its spot.
February 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Adding the rubber feet from the old cutting board, and the finished product in its spot.
Roundover bit did a nice job knocking the sharp edges off. I wore the appropriate amount of PPE.
February 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Roundover bit did a nice job knocking the sharp edges off. I wore the appropriate amount of PPE.
Old cutting board gave up after 12 years. I had some extra beech onhand, so I decided to cut, plane, and glue it up. Planing was by hand, other cuts were electric.
February 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Old cutting board gave up after 12 years. I had some extra beech onhand, so I decided to cut, plane, and glue it up. Planing was by hand, other cuts were electric.
I'll never forget his face when he made this play.
January 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'll never forget his face when he made this play.
Some choice pictures from my hike today, just north of Tucson.
December 28, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Some choice pictures from my hike today, just north of Tucson.
This is a picture I used to pull up on my Twitter. I took and posted this photo with no filters applied around 7:00 a.m.. my wife and I woke up after a windstorm the night before to all of the wildfire smoke from Oregon, Washington, and BC being channeled right to us. AQI was somewhere in the 700s.
December 20, 2024 at 5:35 AM
This is a picture I used to pull up on my Twitter. I took and posted this photo with no filters applied around 7:00 a.m.. my wife and I woke up after a windstorm the night before to all of the wildfire smoke from Oregon, Washington, and BC being channeled right to us. AQI was somewhere in the 700s.