Thanks, Amber! You are another one of my favorite "posters"!! In fact, I have been making your dragon scale beads and tiger stripe beads. I will post some photos on that thread soon. Thanks for chiming in on the batch annealing. I actually have another kiln...an old paragon, i think, and it has a drop down door with a hole in the door that has some kind of fire block that can be removed. It actually works really good but isn't connected to my digital controller. I'll try using that if i can regulate the heat to stay at the annealing temp.
You both rock the bead world