I have known this trick for quite a while, and my mother has used it exactly like this for years with my older brother. It’s always the same, they have to be adjusted before I can open them. I really like that the hinges are adjustable and don’t require a screwdriver or any other tools. These are the types of hinges that are found on many of your home’s cabinets and drawers.
A great way to prevent food spills is to make sure the hinges are closed. Otherwise, a small amount of water might seep into the cabinet and cause a mess.
I’m not sure about your specific cabinet but I will say that they should be closed with the lock. There is a small amount of space between cabinet and drawer that you can use to slide your index finger to open the cabinet and the drawer. But this is not a great idea since you can easily slip and fall.
If you have a single-stage cabinet, you can open it with your index finger as long as the drawer is un-locked. This will not be an issue if you have a multi-stage cabinet.
The best way to prevent this from occurring is to take off the cabinet locks and put some sort of locking mechanism on the drawer to help you keep your fingers out of the drawer. Even if the drawer is not an index finger, you should be able to keep them out of it. If you aren’t sure, just make sure that the drawer has a locking mechanism on it.
Since its a cabinet, there are a few different ways to make it safe from this issue. You can just make it so that the drawer can only be opened one time, or you can make it so that you can only open the drawer a certain number of times. I like the second option because it requires the use of a lock.
If you don’t want to play with your fingers out of the cabinet every time you need to close it, you can add a lock. This will also prevent the drawer from opening and closing itself. It’s not perfect. The drawer can still open itself if you don’t lock it.
Most cabinet hinge adjustments are done by loosening the screws that screw into the handle. The screws that screw into the handle are not the ones that tighten the hinge. That’s because the screws that tighten the handle screw into the drawer in the first place. So just to make sure you know this, please refer to the photo above.
This is the part where you should try to keep that “I can never get my mind off of these things” comment to yourself. Thats because I know this, but you should still be aware of the possibility that your cabinet could open by itself. Most cabinet hinge adjustments take a screw with a hex wrench handle, and those screws are not the ones that tighten the hinge. Thats because those screws are actually the ones that tighten the drawer.
A lot of cabinet hinge adjustments are a waste of time because they are too close to the hinges themselves. The best way to adjust a cabinet hinge is to use a hex wrench on the bottom hinge and then to tighten the screw on top. It’s a little easier than screwing the screw into the bottom hinge and then making some adjustment.