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This is an 8 inch full-extension side-mount ball bearing drawer slide from Knape and Vogt's 8400 series, rated 100 lb per pair in a zinc finish. The hold-in anti-rebound detent keeps the drawer closed until pulled, making it a practical choice for small cabinet and furniture drawers where a stay-closed feature matters.
An 8 inch slide is the right call when the cabinet interior is shallow: small spice drawers, desktop utility drawers, night-stand boxes, and shallow shop cabinets where a longer slide simply will not fit. Full extension at this length means the whole drawer box clears the opening — not just most of it — so nothing is hidden at the back. The hold-in detent earns its keep in lighter cabinets and furniture pieces that move or vibrate, keeping the drawer shut without a latch or magnetic catch. This slide is sold as a bulk pack, so it suits cabinet shops running small drawers in production volume as readily as a single-drawer retrofit.
The slide is formed from steel with a zinc electroplate finish. Zinc is the functional standard for side-mount ball bearing slides: it handles years of indoor cycling without corroding and blends into the cabinet interior without drawing attention. This is not a decorative finish and it is not stainless — it is built for dry, indoor cabinetry where the slide is out of sight beside the drawer box. The 8400 series zinc finish is distinct from the anochrome designation that appears in some catalog references; the product attributes confirm zinc as the finish for this SKU.
Cabinet shops building small production runs of shallow drawers will find the bulk-pack format practical — order the quantity your job requires rather than individual pairs. Furniture makers working on compact case pieces, nightstands, or desktop organizers get full extension and a genuine stay-closed feature in a compact slide. The non-handed design keeps inventory simple: one SKU covers both sides of every drawer. Each slide requires 1/2 inch of side clearance per side, so the drawer box is built 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening. In face-frame cabinets, rear mounting brackets are needed to support the back of the slide; those brackets are sold separately and are series-specific to the 8400 line.
No. The hold-in anti-rebound detent is a mechanical catch that keeps the drawer closed and stops it from bouncing back open — there is no spring assist and no damper. The drawer stays put until you pull it open.
Full extension means the drawer member travels the full slide length, bringing the entire drawer box out to the cabinet face. The 8 inch measurement is the closed slide length, not a separate travel distance — on a full-extension slide those numbers align, but they are two different specs.
No. The 8400 series is non-handed, so every slide in the bulk pack is identical and fits either side of the drawer.
The slide requires 1/2 inch of side clearance per side. Build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening to give each slide its required space.
Yes, but face-frame installs need rear mounting brackets to support the back end of the slide. Those brackets are sold separately and are specific to the 8400 series — do not mix with brackets from other lines.
The KV 8400 series 8 inch slide pairs full extension with a stay-closed detent in a zinc-finished steel body that fits the smallest production drawers — a straightforward choice when the application is shallow and the volume is real.
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