Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($) employees Subsidiaries	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Operating results and expectation of future probability, term		3 years
Tooling		$ 5,510,000	$ 13,629,000
Number of Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries		35
Goodwill		$ 27,376,000	27,859,000	$ 27,490,000
Percent of employees participating in a discretionary profit sharing plan		96.00%
Number of employees receiving post-retirement benefits | employees		12
Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		3 months
Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		15 years
Furniture & Fixtures, Machinery & Equip, Assets Specifically for Customer Programs [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives		P3Y
Furniture & Fixtures, Machinery & Equip, Assets Specifically for Customer Programs [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives		P12Y
Land Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives		P10Y
Land Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives		P20Y
Building and Building Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives		P20Y
Building and Building Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P40Y	P40Y
MTD Holdings Inc. [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Common Stock, Percentage Owned by Related Party		34.00%
Affiliated Entity [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Cash		$ 16,107,000	8,654,000
Other Liabilities [Member] | Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Derivative Liability		135,000	(2,088,000)
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Derivative Liability			(2,088,000)
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	$ 135,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Available-for-sale Securities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	21,000		194,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Derivative Liability			0
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Available-for-sale Securities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	$ 21,000		194,000
Pension Plan [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Employer contributions		1,620
Domestic Plan [Member] | Pension Plan [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Employer contributions		$ 445,000	$ 0