lol Matt,
Metal in microwaves is not a good thing...Please don't try this at home kids...
I too can't imagine your oven would do a sufficient job bringing the copper to a high enough temperature to achieve the annealing process...I have a gas turkey fryer that does a great job...but I have to coil the wire, due to the burner being a round one...I place an old oven grate on top of the burner, then place the copper coils on the grate, heating them to a nice bright red-orange color...By the way I use electrical wire with the insulation stripped away...There is a lot of it where I work that is left over from construction...and it is FREE...only requires a bit of work and time to strip and anneal it...
Regards
Behr
