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This Knape and Vogt 8150 Series keyboard slide brings a clean Ebony Black finish to a 20 inch, 3/4-extension side-mount ball bearing platform rated 75 lb per pair. It holds the tray open while you type and holds it closed when you push it in — without springs, dampers, or anything to fight against.
The dual detent system is the feature that makes this slide a keyboard application. A plain free-sliding ball bearing slide would let the tray roll in or out whenever the desk is bumped. Here, the hold-out detent keeps the tray at full extension while both hands are on the keyboard, and the hold-in detent keeps it closed and out of the way when the workstation is not in use. That push-to-open, push-to-close behavior is useful anywhere a tray needs to stay put: pull-out writing surfaces in home offices, under-counter work ledges in a shop, or accessory trays in built-in cabinetry where a floating tray is a nuisance.
The steel members carry an Ebony Black finish that coordinates with black desk hardware, dark-stained casework, and matte-black cabinet interiors. This is a side-mount slide — it sits beside the drawer box and is visible when the tray is open, so finish choice is a real consideration. The 8150 Series comes in both Black and Zinc; the Black version is the right call when the interior hardware or the desk frame is already dark and a silver slide would break the look.
Cabinet shops and furniture builders producing desks, workstations, or entertainment centers with black-finished hardware will find the Ebony Black finish the easiest way to keep the slide visually consistent with pulls, hinges, and frame components. Homeowners retrofitting a home office built-in get the same benefit. The 75 lb per pair rating is sized for keyboard-tray loads, not heavy storage, so this slide fits purpose-built tray applications rather than general utility drawers. This is a Poly-Pack — the pair ships bagged with mounting hardware included.
Correct. At full open, a portion of the tray stays inside the cabinet bay — the tray extends roughly three-quarters of the 20 inch slide length. For most keyboard applications that travel is more than enough reach, but if the workstation requires the tray to clear the cabinet face completely, a full-extension slide is the better choice.
No. The slide uses hold-in and hold-out detents, not a damper. Pushing the tray in engages the hold-in detent, which keeps it closed. Pushing it out past the detent releases it to the hold-out position. There is no spring-assisted close and no damped settle — the tray stays where you put it.
No. The 8150 is non-handed, so both slides in the pair are identical. Order one pair per tray.
Side-mount slides need support at the back end in face-frame construction. The cabinet side is set back from the face frame, so the rear of the slide needs a mounting bracket to sit level. KV rear mounting brackets for the 8150 Series are sold separately — do not skip them in a face-frame install.
Standard side clearance for the 8150 Series is 1/2 inch per side. Build the tray platform 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening to leave the correct gap for each slide.
The Knape and Vogt 8150 Series in Ebony Black gives desk and cabinet builders a finished, color-consistent solution for keyboard trays that need to hold open and hold closed — without any mechanism fighting the user.
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