Soldering Iron Tip Cleaning Stand

I've used an empty paprika tin, a pot scrubber and stuff I found in my scrap pile to make this quick project. Better soldering starts with a soldering iron with a tip clean of dirt and oxides. Here's my soldering iron top cleaning stand.

Plywood off cuts, a bracket. I paint everything grey. It's my universal colour in the workshop. I used a paprika tin. Use a brass pot scrubber. The steel one shown will rust and might damage the soldering iron tip.

As you see the screws are longer than the wood thickness. I put extra wood bits on the bottom. Added little rubber feet too.

I bent the bracket back about 60° so I could have the tin sit around 30°. Super strong bending effort put into this.

I had to pack the lip on the bottom of the paprika tin to make it sit better in the bracket.

Here's the finished soldering iron tip cleaner made with a paprika tin, things I had in the scrap bin and around the house. I was made in an afternoon while I sat in front of the telly. Solder dross stay inside the tin and so too does smoke.