I've got a Powermatic 1150 drill press to which I've added an auxiliary table to. The problem is the handles contact my 2" high fence so I have to lower the table more than I'd like.
With the chuck all the way up the bottom of chuck is 6" above the table, which is about the highest I can put the table without the handles hitting the fence. Put a 3/16" bit in the chuck and there's about 4" clear to the table, so I'm eating up about half my 6" quill travel just getting to the material. I liked being able to put the table just about all the way to the bit on my old Craftsman DP.
I'm thinking about buying some 1/2" aluminum rod and cutting some threads to make shorter arms, and keeping the stock ones for resale purposes. Maybe about 5" instead of the stock 8" ones. What does the group say?