do yourself a favor and get a real soldering station
the old standby Weller WTCPT theyve been making them since the 60's, or was it 50's? I have a late 60'sone and it works great and you can still get parts.
A new one is about 135 street price but keep your eyes out on fleabay, I waited and waited and scored onr for 20 bucks and it had about $75 dollars worth of tips and the kicker was the seller threw in an almost full 5 lb roll of kester solder from the way back whens
Other than that keep an eyey out at flea markets estate sales, some realtive that was a HAM etc etc another thing I'd never go without again is a desolder station, but much more difficult to find
Soldering is a great skill to have , practice and patience make perfect, and dont cook your joint , sweat them