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I think I should have worded my post a little better. I'll try with bullet points

needed to make something

thought of 1/4 inch bolts I recently found

thought of threaded into a mount

chip records that

thought of what drill size I will need to tap threads

chip records that

go to google, I type in "drill size f"

Google asks the chip, "hey, what does this guy want with a drill size?"

chip answers, "sorry, I should have transmitted it, thought he was going to get a drink before googling" (I've been thirsty all morning)

Google says, "no problem, I'll fill in the right search terms, what's he drilling"

chip says, "he wants to tap quarter inch bolts in aluminum"

Google, "done."

"drill size f" magically becomes "drill size for 1/4-20 tap"

when it could almost be anything or any other drill bit size.

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