from experience i dont think there would be a need to coninually clean the tip. as long as the hot droplets could flow away from the work you would be ok. you could put a small flange on the tip where the droplets could collect and then drip away without puddling up around your the base of the tip.
if left in contact with the hot metal long enough the melted foam will actually burn itself right away to nothing but a fine coat of ash on the tip. sometimes i will turn the heat on my shaped wire cutters up a bit while i go get a drink, when i come back they are clean bare metal again. by the way cutting or removing foam in this way makes a huge amount of smoke, i have a range hood over mine with a blower on steroids sucking the smoke out. is there a reason why using a spinning cutter is undesireable?
Ed Rees '
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