I actually bought a Weller Soldering Iron off ebay for around $50 shipped a while back...makes soldering incredible easy. It is a pencil type with a base that is a cable runs back to...so the electronics are not in the pencil and it is lighter...easy to work with. That and a stand for it...I would recommend it to anyone! You will see the Weller Soldering stations pop up on ebay from time to time!