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Rich Christianson
President/Owner/C-Level

Rich Christianson is the owner of Richson Media LLC, a Chicago-based communications firm focused on the industrial woodworking sector. Rich is the former long-time editorial director and associate publisher of Woodworking Network. During his nearly 35-year career, Rich has toured more than 250 woodworking operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has written extensively on woodworking technology, design and supply trends. He has also directed and promoted dozens of woodworking trade shows, conferences and seminars including the Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo and the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo, Canada’s largest woodworking show.

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Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

KCD Software set to demo design-to-manufacture products at Wood Pro Expo

LANCASTER, Pa. - KCD Software will run interactive demonstrations of its industry-specific design to manufacturing software throughout both days of Wood Pro Expo, Oct. 17-18 at Spooky Nook Sports complex. KCD Software said its demonstrations at WPE booth #308 will be "attendee-driven." Software experts will answer questions and show how KCD's cabinet/closet software works to meet individual shop requirements.
By Rich Christianson, September 20, 2019 | 2:50 pm CDT
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Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

RT Machine will show how to produce spline-less joints at Wood Pro Expo

LANCASTER, Pa. – The Circle T LM 116 lock miter joint machine will be demonstrated by RT Machine Co. at Wood Pro Expo, Oct. 17-18, at the Spooky Nook Sports complex. RT Machine described the machine’s capability as a “beautiful and simple way to put wood together without biscuits or splines. The very strong joint has plenty of surface area yet no exposed edge that needs to be edgebanded or painted. It allows woodworkers to be creative when designing high-end cabinetry, posts and other products.”
By Rich Christianson, September 18, 2019 | 9:18 am CDT
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Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

Got MC problems? See the Wood Dr. at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

LANCASTER, Pa. – Renowned wood expert, Dr. Eugene Wengert, will tackle some of the galling, costly and largely preventable issues related to moisture content (MC) in a presentation at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster. Wengert, an industry consultant and popular FDMC columnist known as the Wood Doctor, will present “The correct moisture content for kiln-dried lumber: establishing reasonable MC targets and measuring MC,” at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18 at the Spooky Nook Sports complex.
By Rich Christianson, September 10, 2019 | 12:05 pm CDT