use will now be discussed during an oxy acetylene torch cutting operation molten metal or other debris will occasionally enter or otherwise block one or more cutting holes 16 and or preheating holes 18 of a cutting tip 10 causing alterations in flame shape and resulting in a less clean or otherwise undesirable cut when that happens a user extinguishes the torch and procures a tip cleaner 100 which may be stored in a pocket or similarly easy to reach location due to the size and weight of the tip cleaner 100 as opposed to a small prior art kit 12 the tip cleaner 100 may be used with gloves on which helps avoid burns or other injury with the tip cleaner 100 in one hand the user uses a thumb to slide an appropriate thumb screw 104 along its associated slider slot 110 ultimately rotating the thumb screw 104 into its associated lock pocket 112 as the thumb screw 104 travels along the slider slot 110 its corresponding slider 118 travels along its associated slider bore 120 against resisting pressure from its associated spring 128 urging its associated tip adapter 130 and cleaning pin 106 forward the cleaning pin 106 extends from the body and is locked in a fully extended position when the thumb screw 104 is rotated into the lock pocket 112 with the cleaning pin 106 in an extended and locked position the cleaning pin 106 is inserted into an occluded or otherwise malfunctioning cutting hole 16 or preheating hole 18 as the cleaning pin 106 is inserted and removed from the cutting hole 16 or preheating hole 18 its rough surface scours the cutting hole 16 or preheating.