Usually parts ain't cheap, hinges are hard to do as they connect the top screen to the bottom part of the laptop, probably you are better off getting a new computer than trying to fixing it, with the pandemic going on it is cheap to get parts either. If you did took the time to take all the screws out it would be pretty hard to break it, I recently swap the keyboard of the laptop I'm using for 6+ years , I had a screw that gotten stuck inside the laptop, I decided to take it apart to get the screws out, if you want to take apart a laptop in the future do it slowly.
Yeah I know parts aren't cheap, hence why I'm asking about bondo and such, not "here's the model number, eBay link plz." cause its also not worth the cost of required parts.
And again, I was careful and slow when taking it apart. But its a plastic POS body that I have taken very good care of the entire time, its just how plastic wears, if you understood the situation like FAST6191 does to some extent, you probably wouldn't assume I need to take more caution, as if I wasn't already taking caution.
While occasionally they do come out do check they are not fractured along the post -- if they are levered off it can be the post that goes (and closes back up almost invisibly, only to have it rip right out again after you thought you glued it in) rather than just the friction/minor mechanical interference that glues more easily handle.
That said waking up to epoxy smell/headache is no fun so I guess alternatives are not the worst choice to explore. If you can find/spring for the 60 second stuff then that might go better.
Some of the brass inserts were surface mounted, as in (mostly) flush with the surrounding plastic, some were inserts in posts, I'm not 100℅ sure that's the only types of brass inserts it uses.
At least one surface mounted insert came out with an odd shaped piece of plastic that would've been flush. A post or to came off, one cracked half off. Ultimately the left hinges inserts were broken before I opened it, and the lack of support broke inserts on the other side when I opened it. And because the inserts were already broken on the left side (completely clueless how this happened never dropped it), the hinge wasn't AT ALL secured, and broke the crappy plastic face, which is connected to plastic covering the hinges so you don't see them. It snapped that hinge cover on the left side and bent the LCD panel, luckily just the mounting bracket screw and nothing more on the panel, so the screen is pretty much done for without donor parts anyways, after reevaluation.
I can't get the "frame" for the display cheap enough, don't wanna 3d print from those "kinkos" type of websites cause that's not gonna be cheap for what I need.
I was considering the 60sec stuff, like the 2tube stuff, or a tub of either all purpose bondo, or plastic metal mondo, but it says for most metal surfaces, and the surface is plastic. In any case I can't really get anything smaller than 4.5OZ and I only need a few grams.
Plus my budget for the suitcase idea would be far higher than it is for the general repair. My plan was to sell it but that's not possible now.