Long-Term Debt - Summary of long term debt (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	$ 9,861,000	$ 9,928,000
Less current portion	(4,936,000)	(2,635,000)
Long-term debt, Noncurrent	4,925,000	7,293,000
Paycheck protection program payable to financial institutions: Interest rate of 1% per annum. Unforgiven portion is payable monthly until April 20, 2022 (A)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	4,000,000	4,000,000
Line of credit payable to a financial institution; Interest rate option of bank prime or Libor plus 2.15000% (B)(C)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	4,250,000	3,750,000
Term loan payable to a financial institution; Interest rate option of bank prime or Libor plus 1.492130%, monthly principal payments of $21,833 through 2021 with a balloon payment of $286,000 due December 1, 2021(C).
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	417,000	1,048,000
Term loan payable to a financial institution; Interest rate option of bank prime or Libor plus 1.492130%, monthly principal payments of $23,810, maturity date December 1, 2021(C).
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	143,000	286,000
Equipment note obligations; Interest rate fixed for term of each funding based upon the Lender's lease pricing at time of funding. (Interest rate/factor 1.795530% - 1.835015% as of June 30, 2021)(D)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	819,000	534,000
Equipment financing lease obligations; Interest rate fixed for term of each funding based upon the Lender's lease pricing at time of funding. (Interest rate/ factor 1.822758% - 1.869304% at time of funding)(E)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	$ 232,000	$ 310,000

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