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I have a 34" diagonal extra wide curved for my main monitor, plus a 27" standard ratio (same height) next to it for reference documents, etc.. Seems to work fine for me.
Whether or not inspecting on the same machine that made the part will meet your needs, will depend on your needs. If you want to do it properly, you should meet the same bar as for other measurement methods; get your machine laser / ballbar calibrated, do a measurement repeatability and uncertainty test, etc., and make sure that your uncertainty is less than 1/10 your tightest tolerance. You can include measuring a gauge block / pin / ring as part of your inspection process to warn you of any calibration drift, thermal expansion issue, or other problem.
Since the spindle is cantilevered out so far, if the front of the column gets warmer than the back, or asymmetric heating of certain other members takes palce, it will arch and lift the tool much more than the linear thermal expansion rate. This problem plagues the whole UMC line, in combination with poorly done thermal comp software. To fix it with thermal comp, they would have to add a bunch more thermocouples in several locations, and have a much more complicated compensation model. What I've heard works best on these machines is to turn off the thermal comp, and take every measure you can to keep the temperature of the machine constant within a very small window.
For comparison, I get less than .001" Z change over 20°F on my CM-1's.
I think in order to help you, we need to know what you're doing. What exact cutters are you using, what holders, what machine, what cutting parameters?
Those parameters sound about right; you don't want SFM too high drilling in plastics, since they won't conduct the heat away. You could try pushing the feed a bit more perhaps, until surface finish starts to be an issue. I think tool life will be measured in total revolutions in the material, so a higher feed will give you more holes per drill.
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