Richardson & Sterling Drill Presses

[Quasimodo]

Have a look at these two items on Ebay:

200285324558 (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200285324558&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com.au%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38.l1313%26_nkw%3D%2B200285324558%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1)

200285320132 (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200285320132&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com.au%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D200285320132%26_fvi%3D1)

The Sterling seems to be an exact copy of the Richardson - does anyone know a bit about the history of these Australian companies - I assume that Sterling bought out Richardson but I have never heard of Sterling drill presses before.

[Quasimodo]

Hmm, someone bought the one with cracks in it but left the better one alone - I would have bought the both and made one nice one out of the two if I were closer to the sale location. Much nicer product than the imported junk that people whine about on here all the time.

I guess no one has any knowledge of the companies behind these products.