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The Knape and Vogt 6505 series is a 16 inch side-mount ball bearing file drawer slide rated 125 lb per pair, with 1 inch of over-travel that pushes the drawer past full extension so the contents at the very back clear a countertop overhang or deep face frame. A hold-in anti-rebound detent keeps the drawer firmly closed until pulled.
Most drawers run fine on full-extension slides, but some installations put the rear of the drawer out of reach: a countertop that overhangs the cabinet by an inch or more, a thick face frame that sets the drawer opening back from the counter edge, or a lateral file cabinet positioned under a worktop. In those situations a plain full-extension slide stops short. The 1 inch of over-travel on the 6505 series moves the drawer member that additional distance past nominal, bringing the rear hanging files, the back of a deep tray, or the last few folders fully into reach without repositioning the cabinet.
The hold-in anti-rebound detent serves a different but equally practical purpose: file drawers loaded with paper are heavy enough to rebound off their stops when pushed shut. The detent catches the drawer at closed and holds it there.
The 6505 series is built from steel with a zinc finish — the standard corrosion-resistant combination for side-mount ball bearing slides in indoor cabinetry. Zinc plating protects the steel members through years of daily cycling in an office or shop environment. This is a functional, installed finish on hardware that sits beside the drawer box and is largely out of sight once the drawer is closed. The slide ships as a Bulk-Pack, the right packaging format for shops installing multiple drawers at once.
The 6505 series fits a specific gap between a standard 100 lb full-extension cabinet slide and a dedicated heavy-duty file slide. At 125 lb per pair with over-travel, it handles lateral files and deep storage drawers in office furniture, built-ins, and workstations where the drawer sits under an overhang. Cabinet shops building home offices or commercial workstations find it useful for exactly that reason: the load rating steps above standard, the over-travel solves the overhang problem, and the non-handed design keeps installation straightforward. The 1/2 inch side clearance requirement is identical to the rest of the side-mount ball bearing segment, so the drawer box sizing math is familiar.
No. 16 inches is the closed length of the slide. Because this slide is over-travel, the drawer member actually travels past the slide's nominal length — the total travel is 16 inches plus the 1 inch over-travel distance.
No. The hold-in anti-rebound detent is a mechanical catch that keeps the drawer closed once shut and prevents it from bouncing back open. There is no damper and no spring to slow or pull the drawer. This is a standard-motion slide with a stay-closed detent — not a soft-close or self-close design.
The 6505 series requires 1/2 inch of side clearance per side. Build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening to leave the correct gap for each slide.
No. The slide is non-handed, so both pieces in the pair are identical. Order one pair per drawer regardless of which side each slide goes on.
Side-mount slides in face-frame cabinets need rear support because the cabinet side is set back from the frame. Add the appropriate series-matched rear mounting brackets, sold separately, to support the back end of the slide.
The 6505 series solves the reach problem in one specification: 1 inch of over-travel at a 125 lb rating, with a detent that holds the loaded drawer closed until it's needed. Order one pair per drawer, size the box to 1/2 inch clearance per side, and add rear brackets for face-frame installs.
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