On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 8:29:44 PM UTC, DJC wrote:
On 09/11/2019 20:55, alan_m wrote:
On 09/11/2019 18:44, David WE Roberts wrote:
I bought a two drawer wooden filing cabinet (well, one filing drawer and
one shallow drawer) on Gumtree. No key, but checked it out and all looked
good.

Now we have lugged it up to the office it won't open.
It seems to be locked.
I assume the mechanism may have shifted during transit.


Many of these cabinets have a mechanism preventing more than one drawer
opening so just make sure that BOTH drawers are FULLY in their closed
position before trying to open one of them.



If you tip it up you may be able to access part of the mechanism from below.



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djc

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Try turning it upside down and giving it a jolt.

sometimes a dinner knife inserted between the side if the drawer and the carcase and pushed down will release it