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The Knape & Vogt 1300 series 20 inch Euro roller slide delivers 3/4-extension travel on nylon rollers with a zinc finish and hold-in/hold-out detents — the practical choice for utility drawers, shop cabinets, and working casework where a clean epoxy color is secondary to a functional plated finish and predictable drawer control.
Utility and shop drawers live in a different world than kitchen cabinetry. The interior isn't always white melamine, the drawer doesn't need a self-close ramp, and a functional plated finish holds up better in environments that see sawdust, grease, and frequent use. The 1300 series addresses exactly that set of priorities. The zinc plating is a working finish — not a design accent — and the hold-in/hold-out detents serve utility work where a drawer that stays put at either end of travel is genuinely useful. A workbench drawer holding supplies, a shop cabinet keeping sandpaper or hardware organized, or a utility room build with drawers that see regular heavy use: these are the jobs where the 1300's detents pay off over a plain non-self-closing slide.
The zinc plating sits over a formed steel body — the standard construction for this duty class. The finish is functional, not decorative: it protects the steel through indoor service without the color expectation of a white or almond epoxy. The hold-in detent catches the drawer at the closed position so it doesn't drift open; the hold-out detent holds it at full open so it stays where you leave it while you work. Both detents release with normal, intentional force. This is not a self-closing slide and it is not soft-close — the drawer rolls freely on its nylon rollers and parks at each end until moved.
Cabinet shops fitting utility storage, contractors building shop or garage casework, and millwork operations running drawers that don't need an interior color-match are the core buyers for this slide. The non-handed design simplifies inventory and installation: there's no left/right assignment at the saw bench or during install. The poly-pack format keeps pairs together and makes drawer-by-drawer staging straightforward. For designers and homeowners specifying residential kitchen or bath cabinetry where a finished interior look matters, the white or almond epoxy versions of this series are the better fit — the zinc finish is for work, not show.
No. A self-closing slide uses a ramp at the rear to pull the drawer fully shut once it enters the capture zone. The 1300 series hold-in detent simply catches the drawer at the closed position so it doesn't drift open on its own — you still push it closed manually. The hold-out detent works the same way at the open position. Neither feature adds any closing force or damping.
The 1300 series is non-handed, and the poly-pack format pairs the slide components for one drawer. Confirm the piece count on the pack label, as the poly-pack unit contains the matched pair for a single drawer installation.
Side-mount Euro roller slides in this class require 1/2 inch of clearance per side, so build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet interior opening. Confirm this against the KV 1300 series installation guide for your specific cabinet construction.
The 1300 series is a side-mount slide, and face-frame installations require rear mounting support — either a rear socket or mounting bracket — because the cabinet side is set back from the face frame. Those components are sold separately and must be specified for the KV 1300 series.
This is a 3/4-extension slide: at full open, the rear portion of the drawer stays inside the cabinet. The 20 inch slide length does not equal 20 inches of drawer travel — 3/4-extension travel leaves roughly the last several inches of the drawer box inside the cabinet opening.
The KV 1300 series in zinc pairs a straightforward steel roller slide with the practical hold-in/hold-out detents that keep utility drawers exactly where you put them — closed when you close them, open when you open them, and moving smoothly in between.
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