BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block]

Three months ended March 31, 2013	Consolidated		Tools		Hardware
Revenue	$	20,709,000	$	15,629,000	$	5,080,000
Segment operating income	$	2,528,000	$	1,714,000	$	814,000
General corporate expense		(1,426,000)
Interest expense		(109,000)
Earnings before income taxes	$	993,000
Segment assets	$	55,948,000	$	42,168,000	$	13,780,000
Corporate assets		4,829,000
Total assets	$	60,777,000
Long-lived assets, including $17,000 at corporate	$	17,677,000	$	13,134,000	$	4,526,000

Three months ended March 31, 2012	Consolidated		Tools		Hardware
Revenue	$	14,317,000	$	9,672,000	$	4,645,000
Segment operating income	$	2,423,000	$	1,729,000	$	694,000
General corporate expense		(1,552,000)
Interest expense		(142,000)
Earnings before income taxes	$	729,000
Segment assets	$	44,901,000	$	32,455,000	$	12,446,000
Corporate assets		2,970,000
Total assets	$	47,871,000
Long-lived assets, including $123,000 at corporate	$	18,156,000	$	13,387,000	$	4,646,000