BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

Three months ended March 31, 2014	Consolidated		Tools		Hardware
Revenue	$	15,932,000	$	11,191,000	$	4,741,000
Segment operating income	$	2,219,000	$	1,328,000	$	891,000
General corporate expense		(1,411,000)
Interest expense		(89,000)
Earnings before income taxes	$	719,000
Segment assets	$	50,659,000	$	37,385,000	$	13,274,000
Corporate assets		3,153,000
Total assets	$	53,812,000
Long-lived assets, including $20,000 at corporate	$	16,631,000	$	12,032,000	$	4,579,000

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		(1,404,000)
Interest expense		(131,000)
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