Thank you for all your help guys! Especially Squelchtone, the information on what I can do with it once it is open is very helpful!
Ok, now to the current problem: I can't seem to be able to pull the doors open.
I'm sure that the dial has been moved many times (back and forth between the 2 positions that it is stuck roughly 30 number apart) before I even touched it. So, sorry I moved it as well ;(
When I pull on the door it seems to be stuck hard against something... I can hear a rattle behind the top right corner of the left door (left from my position facing it) and one be hind the top right corner of the right door. If I had to guess I would say that the sticking point is in the middle where the doors meet... but I'm no locksmith.
So, why are they stuck?
Additional information that might help (with pictures):
The doors are not fully closed. - They are both open about 10mm on the top and bottom... I can't tell if they are leaning on each other or not.
I can push the doors inward. - Not fully, till they are closed, but I can get them to move about 3mm back toward the closed position.
I haven't pulled the doors crazy hard. - I am probably scared after the comments about the doors falling off, so I have included some more detailed picture of the hinges.
There is this weird green string. - Now, this one is quite a mystery to me... I have no idea what it purpose could be (or maybe it just a red herring), but it must have been put there when the door was last open. Is it keeping the door shut by being tied to something inside??
Pictures for extra information:





Anyways, thank you guys so much, glad to have others in the mystery with me. I love learning about this stuff (even if I have only ever picked a practice lock a few times
