I have only been lampworking since January, so please bear with me. I'm not trying to start any trouble, I swear!
Also, I tried searching for the answer, but evidently am not very good with the Search function.
Anyway, I batch-anneal all of my beads (COE 104). My husband made a heat-treating oven, and that's what I'm using for now. We are not looking for a kiln right now, but it's not completely out of the picture, either. My question is, are some beads "too small" to bother annealing? Or can even very tiny beads have stress?
I ask because some of my recent beads are about 5/16" diameter with about 1/16" holes. My assumption is that they
would need annealing regardless of size, but I'd rather not waste time if it's not needed.
Any thoughts?