BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 19,826,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 15,932,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Segment operating income	1,423,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	808,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense	(192,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(89,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Earnings before income taxes	1,231,000	719,000
Total assets	76,907,000us-gaap_Assets		73,076,000us-gaap_Assets
Long-lived assets, including March 31 (2015: $47,000) (2014: $20,000) at corporate	34,443,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets	16,631,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-lived assets, including March 31 (2015: $47,000) (2014: $20,000) at corporate	47,000	20,000
Consolidated [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	76,907,000	53,812,000
Consolidated [Member] \| Reportable Subsegments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	19,826,000	15,932,000
Segment operating income	2,865,000	2,219,000
General corporate expense	(1,442,000)	(1,411,000)
Interest expense	(192,000)	(89,000)
Earnings before income taxes	1,231,000	719,000
Total assets	75,143,000	50,659,000
Long-lived assets, including March 31 (2015: $47,000) (2014: $20,000) at corporate	34,443,000	16,631,000
Consolidated [Member] \| Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	1,764,000	3,153,000
Tools [Member] \| Reportable Subsegments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	14,559,000	11,191,000
Segment operating income	1,908,000	1,328,000
Total assets	61,836,000	37,385,000
Long-lived assets, including March 31 (2015: $47,000) (2014: $20,000) at corporate	29,800,000	12,032,000
Hardware [Member] \| Reportable Subsegments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	5,267,000	4,741,000
Segment operating income	957,000	891,000
Total assets	13,307,000	13,274,000
Long-lived assets, including March 31 (2015: $47,000) (2014: $20,000) at corporate	$ 4,596,000	$ 4,579,000

Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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