For standard interior doors removeable pin is fine. Non-removeable pin is used for exterior doors the swing out do the pin cannot be popped out a the door removed from the opening as a means to break into a building

Ok CaseySmartyPants: you were right! Give that man a prize! (Or if you were in my house, a paycheck!) It never occurred to me that the part of the face frame where the hinge installs might not be perfectly flat and smooth after 80 years of hard usage. And I just sanded all the paint off it 2 weeks ago. But it is very wonky and uneven. Sooooo, I simply hung a hinge all by itself (no door) on the face frame as a test. Guess what? The hinge wouldn't close! Casey's solution is pretty much working: a teeny shim on the face frame part. The catch (no pun intended)? Now some of the doors won't close because they are "too big" after adding the teeny weeny cardstock. So we need to plane them down a bit. Is it hard to plane for a tired, wimpy gal like me? TheHusband is worn out with rewiring our old house, and I can't get him to plane the doors. Do I start planing in the middle of the door? Or at one end? [acc0406: the fast answer is that because of the permanent epoxy used to bind the counters to the cabinets (a mistake!), the cracked area couldn't be removed without risk to cabinets or fireclay sink. Also, my soapstone was hard to rare and not readily available. So, we are living with the crack, and I try to pretend it happened in an earthquake long ago. I'll post more updates on the whole kitchen in that forum soon. Feel free to email me if you have more questions or need help with any counter issues.] :-) Francy

Start by bending the top pin. Lay the hinge pin at a slant against a concrete step to hit with the hammer. You only want to make a very slight bend to start. Replace the pin and see if the problem is solved. If not, bend that pin a bit more and try. If the second bend does not solve the problem, remove the center pin and bend. I've never had to do more than two. If bending two does not solve the problem, the door needs to be rehung.

Thanks guys! I had a feeling about there being no such thing as self-closing mortise or non-mortise butt-type hinges....your idea of a fake hinge plate was one my husband mentioned.... sounds like a lot of work. I think I'll go ahead and get the blum hinges and go without the exposed hinges. Sounds like they would make it easier to adjust the cabinets and get the doors properly aligned. Thank you so much for your help. p.s. what is AFAIK?