Make a $2 High-quality Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner

by Coodude26 in Workshop > Science

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Make a $2 High-quality Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner

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This is a really simple 'able. It's my second so I'm not getting into anything too serious yet...If you liked this you might like my wall powered dual-fan solder extractor with a dynamic fan. So let's get started.

Materials

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All we really need is a 1 1/2" tube, some steel wool, a screw, and something to mount it to - for convenience and also because it would be best not to just leave it on its own, as it would be very unbalanced.

Stretch Steel Wool and Mount the Pipe

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"Stretch" the steel wool with your hands as much as you can. Now mount the pipe to whatever it is you're mounting it to.

Roll Steel Wool and Insert Into Pipe

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Roll the wool and push it into the pipe.

You're done. Was that hard?