Go buy a good electric soldering iron,get a new stainless steel brush
too.(it looks like a toothbrush) Get some pieces of scrap wire and
practice soldering.Your local area libraries probally have some books on
the subjet too.Soldering is really very simple and easy to do.Usually,I
use an old electric wood burning tool/thingy to solder,because I like it
much better.
cuhulin