When you need a clean tip :)

[ColdPower]

That made me laugh and I just thought it deserves a share. The way this guy casually cleaned his soldering iron - priceless 

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OK, the forum's YT plugin doesn't recognise timecodes, here's the proper link I hope: youtube.com/watch?v=7eQKi5bf9a8&t=328s

[grumpydoc]

You mean you've never done that?

[ColdPower]

You mean you've never done that?

I always used my finger instead (I'm not saying it's a better solution, though)

[themadhippy]

The way this guy casually cleaned his soldering iron

I been doing that for years,only thing missing is a bit of spit on the jeans, o yea and dont try it with other types of trousers.

[Gyro]

There's a man who knows the importance of keeping his tool moving!

[vk6zgo]

Back in the day, we had a coffee machine, so could grab a cup at any time.

Sometimes it would take several to get me through the morning, & of course, it was standard practice to take them back to the bench & continue with what we were doing----"O H & S"? what's that!

One day I was soldering away, & without looking, I poked the iron into what should have been the damp sponge, but the hiss & aroma seemed different, somehow.
I'm here to say that coffee doesn't do a good job of cleaning an iron tip!

[SiliconWizard]

Yeah, I've been to places where bringing your coffee to the lab was not allowed.

[Brumby]

You mean you've never done that?

I'd like to say no .....    (but not for a long time now)

But, yeah, old denim jeans FTW.