Zinc Side-Mount Drawer Slides Built for Cabinetry That Ships and Stacks

The Knape & Vogt 8407 series is a 20 inch, full-extension, side-mount ball-bearing drawer slide finished in zinc — a workhorse choice for production cabinet shops, contractor supply, and any application where the slide disappears behind a face and needs to perform reliably over years of use. The zinc finish blends into raw wood and unfinished interiors without competing with the cabinet's look, making it a practical default for utility and shop cabinetry alike.

Key Features

• Full extension brings the entire drawer out to the cabinet face, so nothing at the back is buried or out of reach.
• Hold-in anti-rebound detent keeps the drawer firmly closed until intentionally pulled — no drift, no bounce-back after a firm push.
• 100 lb weight capacity per pair handles loaded utility, kitchen, and shop drawers well within the working range.
• Ball-bearing construction delivers smooth, consistent travel under load across years of daily cycling.
• Non-handed design means one part number covers both sides of the drawer — no left/right ordering to manage.
• Zinc finish protects the steel members in dry indoor environments and sits visually neutral in unfinished or natural wood interiors.

Where These Slides Do Their Best Work

Full-extension travel is the spec that matters most in working drawers: tool storage, kitchen base cabinets, shop utility carts, and file drawers all depend on reaching the back of the box without digging. At 20 inches, this slide pairs with drawer boxes built for standard base-cabinet and shop-cart depths. The hold-in anti-rebound detent is particularly useful in environments where drawers take some force to close — a shop floor, a utility room, a commercial kitchen — because it stops the drawer from bouncing open again after a hard push home. This is a standard-motion slide; there is no soft-close damping, which keeps the action direct and the price point in range for volume production work.

Material and Finish

Steel members with a zinc electroplate finish give these slides solid indoor corrosion resistance and a neutral metallic look that does not draw attention inside a cabinet. Zinc finish is not a decorative statement — it is a functional surface treatment that protects through years of indoor service. These slides are for dry interior applications; do not specify them for exterior, wet, or washdown environments. For those conditions, a stainless slide is the right call.

Who Orders These and Why

Cabinet shops running production lines reach for the 8407 zinc when they need a reliable 100 lb full-extension slide at scale without paying for features the end user will never see. The non-handed design simplifies kitting: one SKU handles both sides of every drawer in the run. The poly-pack format keeps pairs together and organized at the bench. Contractors sourcing for a batch of base cabinets or a commercial fit-out get the same benefit — a specified slide that arrives paired and ready to install without sorting. Homeowners retrofitting utility storage or a workbench drawer will find the hold-in detent keeps the drawer where they left it, even in a garage where vibration is a factor.

Common Questions

A Reliable Production Slide That Stays Out of the Way

The KV 8407 zinc gives you full-extension access, a hold-in detent that keeps drawers put, and a 100 lb pair rating — in a non-handed poly-pack slide that installs fast and stays hidden once the drawer is closed.