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The Knape and Vogt 6505 series is an 18 inch side-mount ball bearing file drawer slide with 1 inch of over-travel beyond full extension, rated 125 lb per pair, and built for file and heavy storage drawers where the countertop or face frame would otherwise block access to the back of the drawer.
A standard full-extension slide brings the drawer to the cabinet face — enough for open shelving and flush-front cabinets, but not for a lateral file cabinet under a 1 inch countertop overhang, or a base cabinet drawer behind a deep face frame. The 6505's over-travel carries the drawer member 1 inch past the slide's nominal 18 inch length, so the rear of the drawer clears the obstruction and the full contents are reachable. File drawers loaded with hanging folders, heavy office drawers, and shop drawers that sit under a workbench ledge are the natural home for this slide. The hold-in anti-rebound detent adds a practical benefit in those same settings: a loaded file drawer that is pushed shut stays shut instead of bouncing back.
The 6505 series is formed from steel and finished in zinc — the segment's standard corrosion-resistant coating for indoor service. Zinc protects the steel members through the open-close cycling of a working file room or shop without adding weight or bulk. This is an indoor finish suited to dry environments; it is not a stainless or decorative coating. At 18 inches, the closed slide length suits file cabinets and base cabinets with standard interior depth, and the 1/2 inch side clearance per side follows the side-mount ball bearing standard, so the drawer box is built 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening.
The 6505 sits between the standard 100 lb cabinet class and the heavier-duty 150 lb file slide tier, at 125 lb per pair. That rating covers a lateral file drawer carrying a full load of folders without requiring the taller profile of the 150 lb file slide series. Cabinet shops and contractors running production quantities on file cabinets, office furniture, and under-counter base drawers will find the Bulk-Pack format suits the workflow. In face-frame cabinets, the slide needs rear support at the back end — add the matching series rear mounting brackets, sold separately, to complete the installation.
The slide is 18 inches long and travels 1 inch past that — so the drawer member extends approximately 19 inches total from the back of the cabinet. The 18 inch figure is the closed slide length, not the travel distance.
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 damper and no spring assist — the drawer does not close on its own and does not slow down as it closes.
No. The 6505 is non-handed — both slides in the pair are identical and either one fits either side of the drawer.
Build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening to allow 1/2 inch of side clearance for each slide.
Yes, but face-frame construction requires rear mounting brackets to support the back of the slide. Those brackets are sold separately and are series-specific — use the matching KV rear bracket for the 6505.
For the file drawer that sits under an overhang and needs to stay closed between uses, the 6505 series delivers both in a single 18 inch, 125 lb rated, zinc-finished pair — packaged in bulk for shops running production quantities.
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