For a while I used a small metal bridge that came with the iron. So it mostly lay on the desk and other objects wandered too close to the iron (we all know how so-called inanimate objects are not). I would be head down on some task and not really pay attention when I got a whiff of plastic.
I now have a third hand which really is a necessity. That has a spiral holder for the iron.
But then the iron burnt the plastic knob on a grub screw on the third hand.
