I looked for the soldering iron and found it right where I thought it would be. Not only that, the resin-core solder was right there with it. Excellent. The tip of the soldering iron was bent; it hasn’t been used lately; but not bent so much I couldn’t straighten it with my hands. I heated up the soldering iron, put the two wires together, held the soldering iron to them, touched the other side of the wires with the solder, and….. ..nothing. I tried and tried, and just couldn’t melt the solder. I looked at the soldering iron. It was from Radio Shack! When’s the last time you bought anything at Radio Shack? I’m thinking this came from Broomfield, Colorado in the 1970s. I went to Lowe’s and bought a new one. Problem solved.