Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019
Net sales	$ 43,044,000	$ 55,325,000
Cost of sales	31,478,000	39,688,000
Gross profit	11,566,000	15,637,000
Operating expenses:
Engineering	1,989,000	1,468,000
Selling and general	9,980,000	9,710,000
Total operating expense	11,969,000	11,178,000
Operating (loss) income	(403,000)	4,459,000
Other (loss) income	(45,000)	98,000
(Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes	(448,000)	4,557,000
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	(367,000)	1,036,000
Consolidated net (loss) income	$ (81,000)	$ 3,521,000
(Loss) earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.01)	$ 0.38
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.01)	$ 0.36
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic (in shares)	9,678,822	9,358,836
Diluted (in shares)	9,678,822	9,854,604