This is for all the ones who not only collect typewriters, but also have done, or attempted to do, repairs on these machines.  But, for some reason or another, these poor unfortunates of whom I speak have met with a machine or machines that have somehow fought back.  You can't have fixed typewriters for as long as I have and not walk away with at least a few cuts and bruises, and for those who have repaired electrics, some electrical shocks and burns.  Now I know this is an odd topic, and maybe a little macabre, but it is still a true fact of life--there are machines out there that will defy the "doctor." 

For my part, I've cut one of my fingers on a runaway mainspring in a '58 Underwood Golden Touch, had the hide taken off my right index finger on the carriage track of a '48 Royal standard (I'm glad it was a manual, for had it been one of my Royal electrics, I might be missing an entire digit should I have pressed the carriage return with my finger still on the track), had my left middle finger nearly sliced open trying to work the gunk out of the keys of a '55 Underwood SX-150, and these are the ones I can still remember off the top of my head.  I can't count all the battles I've waged trying to whip some of these critters back into shape.  Most times I would go right back to work wearing bandaids.  Just can't keep a good glutton for punishment down, I suppose.

So how 'bout it?  Any interesting stories to tell of epic fights with unruly typewriters out there?  Let's tell of some of our collective battlescars.